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Creoles - 1 dictionary results
Cre·ole     (krē'ōl')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America.
    1. A person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana.
    2. The French dialect spoken by these people.
  3. A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States.
  4. often creole A person of mixed Black and European ancestry who speaks a creolized language, especially one based on French or Spanish.
  5. A Black slave born in the Americas as opposed to one brought from Africa.
  6. creole A creolized language.
  7. Haitian Creole.
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Creoles.
  2. creole Cooked with a spicy sauce containing tomatoes, onions, and peppers: shrimp creole; creole cuisine.

[French créole, from Spanish criollo, person native to a locality, from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria, person raised in the house, especially a servant, from criar, to bring up, from Latin creāre, to beget; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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