Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Defintion of Creole

Creole Cooked with a spicy sauce containing tomatoes, onions, and peppers: shrimp creole; creole cuisine.

A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America.


A person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana.
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.

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