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ˈkriːəʊl/
n.
- a person of mixed European and black descent.
- a descendant of European settlers in the Caribbean or Central or South America.
▸a white descendant of French settlers in Louisiana.
- a mother tongue formed from the contact of a European language with a local language (especially African languages spoken by slaves in the West Indies).
adj.
relating to a Creole or Creoles.
Etymology
from Fr. créole, criole, from Sp. criollo, prob. from Port. crioulo ‘black person born in Brazil’.
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