Main Entry:

Sem·i·nole

Pronunciation:

\ˈse-mə-ˌnōl\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Seminoles or Seminole

Etymology:

Creek simanó·li untamed, wild, alteration of simaló·ni, from American Spanish cimarrón wild

Date:

1771

: a member of any of the groups of American Indians that emigrated to Florida from Georgia and Alabama in the 18th and 19th centuries and that are now located in southern Florida and Oklahoma