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| Cre·ole (plural Cre·oles) |
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1. somebody of French ancestry: somebody who comes from the southern United States, especially southern Louisiana, and is descended from early French settlers
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2. language of Louisiana: the creolized French language spoken by the Creoles of New Orleans and southern Louisiana
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3. African descendant born in Americas: somebody of African or mixed African descent born in the Americas
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4. language of Caribbean islands: a group of creolized languages, based on English and French, spoken on some islands of the Caribbean
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5. language
Same as Haitian Creole
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6. Caribbean person of European ancestry: somebody who comes from a Caribbean or Latin American country and is of European, especially Spanish descent
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7. Creole speaker: somebody of both European and African ancestry who speaks a form of Creole
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| [Mid-18th century. < French< Spanish criollo "native" < Portuguese crioulo< criar "bring up" < Latin creare "bring forth"] |
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  Cre·ole adjective |
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