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.&fist; "The title [Creole] did not first belong to the
descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a
meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early
to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either
parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to
social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the
natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. .
. . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience
of speech, 'colored' Creoles; but there are no Italian, or
Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee'
Creoles, unless of parentage married into, and themselves
thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society." G. W.
Cable.
Cre"ole (kr?"?l), a. Of or
pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.
&fist; In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any
product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as,
Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons,
baskets, etc.
{ Cre*o"le*an (kr?-?"l?-a]/>n), Cre*o"li*an
}, a.
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