Obs. [f. CREOLE + -ISM.] The fact of being a Creole; Creole descent.
1788. J. Ramsay, Object. Abol. Slave Tr. Answ. (ed. 2), 49. The farther back the negroe could trace his Creolism, the more he valued himself.
1812. Ann. Reg. (1810), 596. They [negroes] feel pride and consequence in being born in a new hemisphere, and conceive that to Creolism is attached a degree of dignity.
