The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CREOLES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1953.
Colonists of French descent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CREOLES | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Colonists of French descent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- franklin
- creole
- gaul
- habitant
- french canadian
- norman
- walloon
- cajun
- dreyfus
- frenchman
- frog
- franco-american
Crossword Answer definitions
CREOLES noun- A descendant of white European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
- Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by white Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
- Someone of black African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
- A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American and Acadian settlers.
- A lect formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.
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