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1. (n.) Creole
(now usu. in historical contexts)
2. Creole
a member of the French-speaking, generally urban population of Louisiana that claims descent from the region's earliest French and Spanish settlers.
3. Creole
Also, Creole of color. a member of any of several French-speaking communities of Louisiana of mixed black and French or Spanish ancestry.
4. Creole
(sometimes l.c.)
5. Creole
a person born in the West Indies or Mauritius but of European, usu. French, descent.
6. Creole
(usu. l.c.) a pidgin that has become the native language of a speech community.
7. (adj.) Creole
(sometimes l.c.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Creole or Creoles.
8. Creole
(usu. l.c.) made with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and spices and, often, served with rice.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < F < Sp criollo < Pg crioulo native, der. of criar to bring up < L creāre to create)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Creole
a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
2. (noun) Creole
a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
3. (adj) creole
a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
4. (adj) Creole
of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both
"Creole grammars"
5. (adj) Creole
of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
"Creole cooking"
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1. (adj) Creole
of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles
2. (noun) Creole
one born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico
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