Cre|ole

Cre|ole
Cre|ole or cre|ole «KREE ohl», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a descendant of early French or Spanish settlers in Louisiana: »

“I am a Creole of Louisiana.”…I then explained…that creole means native, and has no reference to color or race (Harper's).

2. a) the French language as spoken in Louisiana. b) any French patois: »

Haitian Creole.

3. a French or Spanish person born in Latin America or the West Indies.
4. a person who is part Negro and part Creole.
5. a Canadian of French descent: »

It was the neighboring Creoles and small Acadian planters (Longfellow).

–adj.
1. of or having to do with the Creoles: »

Compere Martin…could…play on the fiddle, an invaluable accomplishment in an old French creole village (Washington Irving).

2. cooked in a sauce of stewed tomatoes, peppers, onion, and other spicy foods served over rice: »

shrimp creole.

╂[< French créole < Spanish criollo < Portuguese crioulo (originally) bred in one's house < criar bring up < Latin creāre create]

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