Creole

(noun.) a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.

(noun.) a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana).

(noun.) a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America.

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; 'Creole cooking' .

(adj.) of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both; 'Creole grammars' .

手打:莎伦

• I longed only for what suited me--for the antipodes of the Creole: and I longed vainly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Cassy was dressed after the manner of the Creole Spanish ladies,--wholly in black. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• How they cringe and bow to that Creole, because of her hundred thousand pounds! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It had been agreed that, in their escape, she was to personate the character of a Creole lady, and Emmeline that of her servant. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Her mother, the Creole, was both a madwoman and a drunkard! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

整理:凯瑟琳