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  • noun Plural form of Hawaiian.

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Examples

  • He knew his Hawaiians from the outside and the in, knew them better than themselves, their Polynesian circumlocutions, faiths, customs, and mysteries.

    THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

  • This marked the first game featuring two native Hawaiians from the island of Maui - Oakland catcher Suzuki and Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • She objects because "her people," as she calls the Hawaiians, have not been consulted, and also because no provision has been made for her.

    The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Various

  • He knew his Hawaiians from the outside and the in, knew them better than themselves, their Polynesian circumlocutions, faiths, customs, and mysteries.

    The Bones of Kahekili 1919

  • I became fascinated with the idea that when those early wagon parties were making their way west through the Sierra Nevada's, the Hawaiians were already here.

    James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven 2010

  • The Hawaiians are a handsome people, scornful and sarcastic-looking even with their mirthfulness; and those who know them say that they are always quizzing and mimicking the haoles, and that they give everyone a nickname, founded on some personal peculiarity.

    The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The Hawaiians are a most pleasant people to foreigners, but many of their ways are altogether aggravating.

    The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

  • The Hawaiians are a deceitful and licentious people.

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • The Hawaiians are a group of eight inhabited and four uninhabited islands lying in the North Pacific Ocean, distant from San

    Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904

  • When I accepted the position as patron, Mr. Alexander assured me that it was tendered to me, not only because of the fact that the Hawaiians were the most highly civilized of any of the ancient people of those seas, but further, because I had been known so long as the friend of education, of art, and of all those refining influences which exalt the nation, and elevate the character of the individual.

    Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen 1898

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