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Seminole

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Noun

1. seminole

a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century

2. seminole

the Muskhogean language of the Seminole

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Seminole

see synonyms of seminole
noun
1. plural -noles or -nole
a member of a Native American people consisting of Creeks who moved into Florida in the 18th century
2. 
the language of this people, belonging to the Muskhogean family

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Seminole

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noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈSemiˌnoles or ˈSemiˌnole
a member of any of the North American Indian groups that separated from the Creek Confederacy in the 18th cent. and migrated to Florida: now living in S Florida & Oklahoma
2. 
a. 
the variety of Creek spoken by the Florida Seminoles
b. 
a related Muskogean language, usually called Mikasuki

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Seminole

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n. pl. Seminole or Sem·i·noles
1. A member of a Native American people made up of various primarily Creek groups who moved into northern Florida during the 1700s and 1800s, later inhabiting the Everglades region as well, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and southern Florida. The Seminole Wars ended in the removal of the majority of the Seminoles to Indian Territory.
2. Either of the Muskogean languages of the Seminole.

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