Creole.
Spanish word “criòllo,” from “creár” “to nourish”; it is a diminutive of “cría,” a “brood” or “suckling,” i.e. “a native.” A true Spaniard, one of the same breed; but brought up in America or the W. Indies; but applied also to any W. Indians of European extraction. In Creole forms of speech the basis is European; in Jargon it is American. Grammar by Thomas, Port of Spain, 1869. See [Jargon].
Creolese.
A name given to the corrupted dialects of European languages spoken by negroes in S. America and the W. Indies.
⁂ (1.) English and Negro in Surinam. See Grammar (Neger-Englische) Bautzen, 1854; Dicty. (Dutch and Neger-Englische) Löbau, 1856.
(2.) Portuguese and Negro in Surinam. See [Saramacca].
(3.) Dutch and Negro in St. Thomas (Danish.) Grammar by Magens, Kjobenhavn, 1770.
(4.) Spanish and Negro. Putman, “Gemeenzame Zamenspraken,” Santa Rosa, 1853.
(5.) French and Negro in Trinidad. Vocaby. by Joly, Paris, 1802.
Cretan.