Definition of "koli" []

• A member of an aboriginal tribe in the hills of central India, whither they were driven by the early Aryan settlers. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I was brilliant in my school and nobody dared taunt me but there was always a suspision in my mind somehow I am not treated equal because of me being 'koli', and when I went to college it was worse as people called me 'machwara' in a castiest way ... when I was leaving India for good, a custom official made a remark, "so now a koli is going to foreign land""
• "This Dal is a quick yummy recipe made on days when there isn't good fish catch in koli families."
• "Later I got married (Love marriage) in a Kshyatriya Family, and my then mother-in-law as well as sister-in-law despised me and lashed their tongues terming me "koli" as if it was a foul word."