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(n): a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America

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(n): a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

(n): a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)

(n): a native or inhabitant of the United States

(n): a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

(n): a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

(adj): of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both

(adj): of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana

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about 1 year ago sionnach said:

of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both.

A language derived from a pidgin but more complex in grammar and vocabulary than the ancestral pidgin because it has become the native tongue of a community.

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