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- noun A native hotse of South America, known for its speed and endurance.
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Borrowing from Portuguese
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The language is a dialect called crioulo, which is made up from various languages with Portuguese predominating.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Note 2: Creole, French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo white person born in the colonies.
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