Crē'ōle, n.

n. [Fr. créole, from Sp. criollo, properly created, nursed, grown up, contracted from criadillo, diminutive of criado, p. p. of criar, to create, nurse, educate. See CREAT and CREATE.]

1. One born in America, or the West Indies, of European ancestors.
2. One born within or near the tropics, of any color. [This is the usual sense.]

☞ “The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave-trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood.” R. Hildreth.