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Creole

Creole is defined as a person who is descended from blacks and Europeans such as Spaniards and Portuguese who settled the Gulf States, or white descendants of French settlers in Louisiana.

(noun)

A Creole is a white descendant of French settlers who is living in Louisiana.
A Creole is a person living in the Caribbean who is descended from Europeans and Blacks.

The definition of Creole is something relating to Creoles, the people of French descent who live in Louisiana or people who live in the Gulf states and the Caribbean who are descendants of Spaniards, Portuguese and Blacks.

(adjective)

An example of creole used as an adjective is creole culture, a description for something related to the culture of French descendants in Louisiana.

See Creole in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person of European parentage born in the West Indies, Central America, tropical South America, or the Gulf States
a descendant of such persons; specif.,
1. ☆ a person descended from the original French settlers of Louisiana, esp. of the New Orleans area
2. ☆ a person descended from the original Spanish settlers in the Gulf States, esp. Texas
3. ☆ a person of mixed Creole and black descent
French as spoken by Creoles, esp. in the New Orleans area
☆ loosely anyone from Louisiana
the form of language (e.g., Gullah) that develops when speakers of mutually unintelligible languages remain in persistent and long-lasting contact with each other, with one of the contributing languages typically dominant

Origin: Fr créole < Sp criollo < Port crioulo, native to the region, born at home < criar, to rear, nourish < L creare, create

adjective

of or characteristic of the Creoles
designating or of the languages of the Creoles
☆ prepared with sautéed tomatoes, green peppers, onions, etc. and spices: creole sauce

See Creole in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America.
a. A person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana.
b. The French dialect spoken by these people.
A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States.
often creole A person of mixed Black and European ancestry who speaks a creolized language, especially one based on French or Spanish.
A Black slave born in the Americas as opposed to one brought from Africa.
creole A creolized language.
Haitian Creole.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Creoles.
creole Cooked with a spicy sauce containing tomatoes, onions, and peppers: shrimp creole; creole cuisine.

Origin:

Origin: French créole

Origin: , from Spanish criollo, person native to a locality

Origin: , from Portuguese crioulo

Origin: , diminutive of cria, person raised in the house, especially a servant

Origin: , from criar, to bring up

Origin: , from Latin creāre, to beget; see ker-² in Indo-European roots

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