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Definition of creole
1 often capitalized : of or relating to Creoles or their language
2 often capitalized : relating to or being highly seasoned food typically prepared with rice, okra, tomatoes, and peppers shrimp creole
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But listen, journalists have egos that are as big and juicy as Creole tomatoes.
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Waren Leruth's elegant West Bank restaurant was legendary for its original French-Creole cooking, like oyster artichoke soup and sautéed soft-shelled crabs with with lump crab meat.
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Stir in the salt, black pepper, cayenne, thyme, bay leaves, oregano, basil, Creole seasoning, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce.
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Bayou Brothers, from the former owners of The Yuppie Tavern, will focus on Cajun and creole cooking.
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Morley Elementary School students Noah Putnam (left), Joey Fritz (center) and Nybol Bona (right) work on pendants that have a Haitian Creole word on one side and the English translation on the other.
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Grand Avenue, Carlsbad, carlsbad.org 5.11-5.14 Gator by the Bay Indulge your love for Louisiana at this annual four-day festival boasting more than 100 musical acts and an overwhelming amount of Cajun and creole cuisine.
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Indulge your love for Louisiana at this annual four-day festival boasting more than 100 musical acts and an overwhelming amount of Cajun and creole cuisine.
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His youthful boldness and his marriage to a Creole beauty, Felicie de St. Maxent d’Estrehan, charmed the colonists.
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First Known Use of creole
1737
Other Language Terms
Creole
playDefinition of Creole
1 : a person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America
2 : a white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers of the U.S. Gulf states and preserving their speech and culture
3 : a person of mixed French or Spanish and black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish
4a : a language evolved from pidginized French that is spoken by blacks in southern Louisianab : haitianc not capitalized : a language that has evolved from a pidgin but serves as the native language of a speech community
Examples of creole in a Sentence
Some people in Louisiana speak Creole.
Recent Examples of creole from the Web
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George Herriman was one of the class of Louisianans known as blanc fo’cé: Creoles who actively tried to pass as white.
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And like creoles and slang, the most creative users of emoji are the youth.
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Origin and Etymology of creole
French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies
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CREOLE Defined for English Language Learners
creole
playDefinition of creole for English Language Learners
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: relating to people who are Creoles or to their language
Creole
playDefinition of Creole for English Language Learners
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: a person who has African and French or Spanish ancestors; especially : such a person who lives in the West Indies
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: a person whose ancestors were some of the first people from France or Spain to live in the southeastern U.S.
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: a language that is based on French and that uses words from African languages
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See words that rhyme with creole Spanish Central: Translation of creole Nglish: Translation of creole for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of creole for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about creole
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