Definition of creole Creole
/kɹiˈowl/ - [kreeowl] - Cre•ole
We found 15 definitions of creole from 7 different sources.
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What does creole mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: creoles |
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| creole - a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages | ||
| natural language, tongue a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language | ||
| creole - a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) | ||
| creole - a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America | ||
AdjectiveCreole, creoler, creolest |
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| creole - of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking" | ||
| creole - of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both; "Creole grammars" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- creole (n.)
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. - creole (a.)
Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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creole
A stable language that originates seemingly as a "new" language, sometimes with features that are not inherited from any apparent source, without however qualifying in any appreciable way as a mixed language. -
creole
A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana). -
creole
In present Suriname (former colony Dutch Guyana), any descendant of negro slaves; incorrectly used for coloured people (of mixed race) -
creole
A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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creole
krē′ōl, n. and adj. strictly applied in the former Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies of America, Africa, and the East Indies to natives of pure European blood (sangre azul), in opposition to immigrants themselves born in Europe, or to the offspring of mixed blood, as mulattoes, quadroons, Eurasians, &c.: (U.S.) applied only to the native French stock in Louisiana: a negro born in the West Indies—earlier Creō′lian. [Fr. créole—Sp. criollo, contr. of criadillo, 'a little nursling,' dim. of criado—criar, lit. to create, also to bring up, to nurse—L. creāre.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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creole
This term applies in the West Indies and Spanish America, &c., to a person of European and unmixed origin, but colonial born.
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🔤- creole, noun, singular of creoles.
- creole, adjective.
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