Seminole

noun

Sem·​i·​nole ˈse-mə-ˌnōl 

plural Seminoles or Seminole

: a member of any of several groups of Indigenous people that emigrated to Florida from Georgia and Alabama in the 18th and 19th centuries and whose descendents now live in southern Florida and Oklahoma

Examples of Seminole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The norm is for ancient dugouts found in southern Florida to be linked to ancestors of the Calusa, the Seminole or the Miccosukee, according to the Florida Division of Historical Resources. —Mark Price, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025

The Wild Flint The Flint snakes down Georgia, a safe distance from I-85 and I-75, before joining the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole and cutting across the Florida Panhandle as the Apalachicola River. —David Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025

Byron Donalds speaks at Latino Wall Street CPAC Latino Conference 2025 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on June 28, 2025, in Hollywood, Florida. —Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025

Pritchard played high school football at Seminole High School in Sanford, Florida, and was a four-star recruit. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Seminole

• amphibole
• asystole
• buttonhole
• casserole
• centriole
• decontrol
• glycerol
• metropole
• monopole
• multipole
• omeprazole
• oriole

Kids Definition

Seminole

noun

Sem·​i·​nole ˈsem-ə-ˌnōl 

: a member of an Indigenous people of Florida