[cre.ole] adj (1748) 1 often cap: of or relating to Creoles or their language
2. often cap: relating to or being highly seasoned food typically prepared with rice, okra, tomatoes, and peppers "shrimp ~" Cre.ole n [F creole, fr. Sp criollo, fr. Pg crioulo white person born in the colonies] (1737) 1: a person of European descent born esp. 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
4. a: a language evolved from pidginized French that is spoken by blacks in southern Louisiana b: haitian c not cap: a language that has evolved from a pidgin but serves as the native language of a speech community