See Also: creole(dictionary)
Creole(encyclopedia)
creole(dictionary)
Creole Dressing(recipes)
Creole Vegetables and Chicken(recipes)
Creole Smothered Pork(recipes)
Creole Shrimp and Rice(recipes)
Creole Red Beans and Rice(recipes)
Grilled Shrimp Creole(recipes)
Creole Meat Loaf(recipes)

creole (iou)



creole noun & adjective. Also (esp. in strict use of sense A.1 & corresp. uses of the adjective) Creole. E17.
[French creole, earlier criole from Spanish criollo prob. from Portuguese crioulo black person born in Brazil, home-born slave, from criar nurse, breed from Latin creare CREATE verb.]
A. noun.
A descendant of European settlers or (occas.) of black slaves, in the W. Indies or Central or S. America; a descendant of French settlers in the southern US, esp. Louisiana. Also loosely, a person of mixed European and black descent. E17.
A former pidgin language that has developed into the sole or native language of a community. L19.
Phrases: SCOTCHMAN hugging a Creole.
b. adjective.
That is a creole; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a creole or creoles. M18.
V. S. Naipaul Old creole woman from 42 owe six dollars. E. L. Ortiz Serve with..any creole soup. Scientific American Creole languages throughout the world exhibit the same uniformity and even the same grammatical structures that are observed in Hawaii.
Of an animal or plant: bred or grown in the W. Indies etc. but not of indigenous origin; of local origin or production. M18.
cre'olian noun & adjective (now rare) = CREOLE noun 1, adjective 1 L17.
creolism noun (now rare) creole descent L18.
creolist noun an expert in or student of creole languages M20.
creo'listics noun the branch of linguistics that deals with creole languages L20.