Usually means: Mixed languages from colonial contact.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word creoles:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Creoles: Merriam-Webster
  2. creoles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Creoles, creoles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Creole's, Creoles, creoles: Wordnik
  5. creoles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Creoles, creoles: Wiktionary
  7. Creoles: Dictionary.com
  8. creoles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Creoles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Creoles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Creoles: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Creoles: Encyclopedia

(Note: See creole as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (creole)

noun:  (linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
noun:  (jewelry) A style of hoop earrings with a hoop that has an inconsistent thickness and/or is elongated in shape.
noun:  A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
noun:  Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
noun:  Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
noun:  A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
adjective:  Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.
adjective:  (of a person) That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
adjective:  Designating a creolized language.
adjective:  (cooking) Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences.
noun:  Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.
noun:  (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Creole (“person born in a colony”) [A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.]
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