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criollo

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cri⋅ol⋅lo

  [kree-oh-loh; Sp. kree-aw-yaw] noun, plural -ol⋅los  [-oh-lohz; Sp. -aw-yaws] , adjective
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–noun
1. a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry. Compare Creole (def. 1).
2. a domestic animal of any of several strains or breeds developed in Latin America.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a criollo or criollos.
Origin:
1905–10; < Sp; see Creole
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cri·ol·lo   (krē-ō'lō, -yō)   
n.   pl. cri·ol·los (-lōz, -yōs)
A Spanish American of European, usually Spanish descent.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a criollo or criollos.

  2. Indigenous to or characteristic of a Spanish-American country: criollo cattle; a criollo dish.


[Spanish; see Creole.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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