Gweilo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gweilo is a noun meaning (colloquial, ethnic slur) A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’.
Meaning
(colloquial, ethnic slur) A white person in China, (particularly) a man; a ‘foreign devil’.
Example Sentences
She had ruffled the bed and laid a frilly nightdress on the floor because so far as the block was concerned Phoebe was the half-kwailo bastard who whored with the fat foreign devil.
Word Forms
- gweilos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gwailo, kwailo, guailo, gweipo, laowai, whitey.
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