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
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The player sat at a Buffalo Link slot machine at the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, the casino said in an Aug. 14 Facebook post.
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Sweetwater Lakes Restoration: Join Seminole County Lake Management biologists and the Seminole Education, Restoration and Volunteer (SERV) Program in helping to restore Grace Lake by planting beneficial native plants.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
Extensive signage explains who owned the plantation (the country’s first Hispanic Congressman, Joseph Marion Hernández) and provides background on the Seminole Indians.
—Bonnie Gross, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Seminole County voters — regardless of political party — received postcards in their mailboxes this week from the Supervisor of Elections Office requesting them to verify their addresses, sign their names and mail a portion of the card back.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Sweetwater Lakes Restoration: Join Seminole County Lake Management biologists and the Seminole Education, Restoration and Volunteer (SERV) Program in helping to restore Grace Lake by planting beneficial native plants.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
Extensive signage explains who owned the plantation (the country’s first Hispanic Congressman, Joseph Marion Hernández) and provides background on the Seminole Indians.
—Bonnie Gross, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Seminole County voters — regardless of political party — received postcards in their mailboxes this week from the Supervisor of Elections Office requesting them to verify their addresses, sign their names and mail a portion of the card back.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Seminole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Seminole. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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Seminole
noun
Sem·i·nole
ˈsem-ə-ˌnōl
: a member of an Indigenous people of Florida
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