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creole
adjective cre·ole \ˈkrē-ˌōl\
: relating to people who are Creoles or to their language
Full 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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First Known Use of CREOLE
1737
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Rhymes with CREOLE
airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, control, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole
Creole
noun Cre·ole \ˈkrē-ˌōl\
: a person who has African and French or Spanish ancestors; especially : such a person who lives in the West Indies
: a person whose ancestors were some of the first people from France or Spain to live in the southeastern U.S.
: a language that is based on French and that uses words from African languages
Full Definition of CREOLE
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: a person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America
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: a white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers of the United States 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
4
a : a language evolved from pidginized French that is spoken by blacks in southern Louisiana b : haitian c not capitalized : a language that has evolved from a pidgin but serves as the native language of a speech community
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Origin of CREOLE
French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies
First Known Use: 1737
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Rhymes with CREOLE
airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, control, creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole
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