Seminole

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Sem·i·nole

noun \ˈse-mə-ˌnōl\
plural Seminoles or Seminole

Definition of SEMINOLE

: 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

Origin of SEMINOLE

Creek simanó·li untamed, wild, alteration of simaló·ni, from American Spanish cimarrón wild
First Known Use: 1771

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