/kree oh"loh/ ; Sp. /krddee aw"yaw/ , n. , pl. criollos /-oh"lohz/ ; Sp. /-aw"yaws/ , adj.
n.
1. a person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish, ancestry. Cf. Creole (def. 1).
2. a domestic animal of any of several strains or breeds developed in Latin America.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a criollo or criollos.
[ 1905-10; ]