Creolization. World English Historical Dictionary

Creolization. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Creolization

[f. next + -ATION.] The production of a Creole race; racial modification in the case of Creole animals or plants; to render into Creole.

1

1859.  New-York Tribune, 21 June, 6/1. She could talk English and wanted to know if either of us was Mr. Yud—the creolization of the name of an American Missionary.

2

1890.  L. Hearn, in Harper’s Mag., Feb., 416/1. Those extraordinary influences of climate and environment which produce the phenomena of creolization.

3 © 2025 WEHD.com