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单词 salt-water creole
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salt-water Creolen.

Brit. /ˌsɔːltwɔːtə ˈkriːəʊl/, /ˌsɒltwɔːtə ˈkriːəʊl/, U.S. /ˌsɔltˌwɔdər ˈkriˌoʊl/, /ˌsɑltˌwɑdər ˈkriˌoʊl/
Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: salt water n., Creole n.
Etymology: < salt water n. + Creole n., probably after salt-water Negro n.
Originally Caribbean. Now historical.
An enslaved person who was born en route from Africa to the Caribbean. Cf. salt-water Negro n.
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1811 Royal Gaz. (Jamaica) 29 June 16/1 Runaways... Sam Simmons, a salt-water creole, 5 feet 6 inches, marked apparently D on both shoulders, says he is free, but cannot produce any document thereof.
1825 R. Bickell W. Indies as they Are i. 44 Smart, a salt-water Creole, 5ft. 5in.
1995 B. W. Higman Slave Populations Brit. Caribbean (new ed.) ii. 22 Slaves born during the voyage from Africa, ‘salt-water creoles’, were generally distinguished in the registration returns as ‘born at sea’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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