usually offensive
: an unskilled laborer or porter usually in or from the Far East hired for low or subsistence wages
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Rajinikanth features in the lead role of a coolie in the film which also stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sathyaraj, Upendra and Shruti Haasan.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Coolie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coolie. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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