sb. and a. ? Obs. Also 8 criolian, 9 creolean. [f. CREOLE + -IAN.]
† A. sb. = CREOLE A. Obs.
1702. Paradoxes of State, 13. The American Creolians.
1748. Earthquake of Peru, iii. 239. The Spaniards … born in America of white Parents, who are called Crioli or Criolians.
1766. Goldsm., Vic. W., xx. The moment … a Creolian arrives from Jamaica … I strike for a subscription.
1827. Scott, Napoleon, ii. This lady was a Creolian.
B. adj. = CREOLE B. ? Obs.
1726. Shelvocke, Voy. round World, 96. A mixed breed of Creolian Spaniards.
1793. Godwin, Polit. Just. (1796), II. 94. Born a manorial serf or a Creolian negro.
1842. Orderson, Creoleana, Pref. The customs … of Creolean society.
