See also:

• CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

CREOLE (the Fr. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of criollo, a See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• INDIAN

Indian, probably a See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the See also:

• LAT

Lat. creare, to create)  , a word used originally (16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) to denote persons See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish parents, as distinguished from immigrants See also:

• DIRECT

direct from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, aboriginals, negroes or mulattos . It is now used of the descendants of non-aboriginal races born and settled in the West Indies, in various parts of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American mainland and in See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius, See also:

• REUNION

Reunion and some other places colonized by Spain, See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, or (in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the West Indies) by See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In a similar sense the name is used of animals and See also:

• PLANTS

plants . The use of the word by some writers as necessarily implying a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of mixed See also:

• BLOOD

blood is totally erroneous; in itself " See also:

• CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

creole " has no distinction of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; a creole may be a person of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European, See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro, or mixed extraction —or even a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse . See also:

• LOCAL

Local See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations occur in the use of the word as applied to See also:

• PEOPLE

people . In the West Indies it designates the descendants of any European See also:

• RACE

race; in the See also:

• UNITED

United States the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French-speaking native portion of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white race in See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, whether of French or Spanish origin . The French Canadians are never termed creoles, nor is the word now used of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Americans of Spanish or Portuguese descent, but in See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico whites of pure Spanish ex-See also:

• TRACTION (Lat. trahere, to draw)

traction are still called creoles . In all the countries named, when a non-white creole is indicated the word negro is added . In Mauritius, Reunion, &c., on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, creole is commonly used to designate the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, but is also occasionally used of the inhabitants of European descent . The difference in type between the white creoles and the European races from whom they have sprung, a difference often considerable, is due principally to changed environment—especially to the tropical or semi-tropical See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of the lands they inhabit . The many See also:

• PATOIS

patois founded on French and Spanish, and used chiefly by creole negroes, are spoken of as creole See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, a See also:

• TERM

term extended by some writers to include similar dialects spoken in countries where the word creole is rarely used . See G .

W . See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

Cable, The Creoles of Louisiana (1884) ; A . Coelho, " Os Dialetos romanicos on neo Latinos na See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, See also:

• ASIA

Asia e See also:

• AMERICA

America," Bol . See also:

• SOC

Soc . Geo . Lisboa (1884-1886), with bibliography . For the Creole French of See also:

• HAITI [HAITI, HAYTI, SAN DOMINGO, Or HISPANIOLA]

Haiti see an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by . See also:

• SIR

Sir H . H . See also:

• JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803–1862)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1849-1888)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (1804-1871)
• JOHNSTON, ARTHUR (1587-1641)
• JOHNSTON, J
• JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-1891)
• JOHNSTON, SIR HENRY HAMILTON (1858- )

Johnston in The Times, See also:

• APRIL

April loth, 1909 .