Creole

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[edit] Etymology

An adaptation of the Castilian Spanish criollo (“homey, local yokel”), from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria (“person raised in one’s house, servant”), from Portuguese criar (“to rear, to bring up”), from Latin creo (“to create”), which came into English via French between 1595 and 1605.

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[edit] Noun

Creole (plural Creoles)

  1. A member of a French- Native Indian-African Spanish ethnic group in Louisiana.

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member of this ethnic group

[edit] Proper noun

Creole

  1. A French-African ethnic group in Louisiana.
  2. Used as a proper noun denoting any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
    She grew up speaking Creole.

[edit] Translations

French-African ethnic group in Louisiana

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