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creole /krēˈōl or krē-ōlˈ/ noun- (usu with cap) strictly, applied in the former Spanish, French and Portuguese colonies of America, Africa and the West Indies to natives of pure European blood, as opposed to immigrants born in Europe or to coloured natives
- (usu with cap) a native, but not aboriginal or indigenous
- (usu with cap) loosely, a native of mixed blood, esp a West Indian of mixed Spanish or French and black African blood
- (usu with cap) applied to the native French or Spanish settlers in Louisiana (US)
- (usu with cap) a colonial patois (French, Spanish, etc)
- (also creolized or creolised language) a language formerly a pidgin which has developed and become the accepted language of a region, esp in the West Indies
adjective- (sometimes with cap) relating to a Creole or creole
- Of a type of West Indian cookery, usu including rice, okra, peppers and spices or strong seasoning
ORIGIN: Fr créole, from Sp criollo, dimin of criado nursling, from criar, literally, to create, hence to bring up, nurse, from L creāre creōˈlian noun and adjective An earlier form of creole crēˈōlist noun A person who studies creole languages crēōlizāˈtion or crēōlisāˈtion noun The development of a pidgin into a creole |