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Creole
[ kree-ohl ]
noun
- a person born in the West Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry.
- a person born in Louisiana but of usually French ancestry.
- Sometimes cre·ole. a person of mixed Black and European, especially French or Spanish, ancestry who speaks a creolized form of French or Spanish.
- Usually cre·ole. creole language ( def ).
- the creolized French language of the descendants of the original settlers of Louisiana. Compare Cajun ( def 2 ).
- Usually cre·ole. Archaic. a Black person born in the Americas, as distinguished from one brought there from Africa.
adjective
- Sometimes cre·ole. relating to or characteristic of a Creole or Creoles.
- Usually cre·ole. Cooking. indicating a spicy sauce or dish, especially one made with tomatoes, peppers, onions, celery, and seasonings, and often served with rice.
- Sometimes cre·ole. bred or growing in a country, but of foreign origin, as an animal or plant.
Creole
1/ ˈkriːəʊl /
noun
- sometimes not capital in the Caribbean and Latin America
- a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry
- a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole
- a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa
- (in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry
- the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of any of these peoples
creole
2/ ˈkriːəʊl /
noun
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or characteristic of creole
- (of a sauce or dish) containing or cooked with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc
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- half-Cre·ole adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Creole1
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Example Sentences
It was one of five separate Masses, including in Spanish, English, Haitian-Creole, and Italian.
The priest for the Creole ceremony was Father Marcel Saint Jean.
There was instead the very best and LaChanze proved how right it is that her name means “the Charmed One” in Creole.
The grilled langoustines and seafood gratin are out of this world, as is the locally flavored creole rice.
The most authentic Creole cooking is found in private homes.
The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's gentle caress.
You know that I come of tough fiber—of that old Creole race of Pontelliers that dry up and finally blow away.
On the arrival of the court many of the old Creole families hastened to the capital to greet their sovereigns.
The Creole cane takes the hill, and, though less productive, is supposed to yield sugar of a better quality.
Many of the Indian women have married the creole Portuguese; intermarriages between creole women and Indian men are more rare.
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