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 tornado moved onto the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, damaging some traditional chickee huts and demolishing the spectator and dugout areas at a sports complex. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 Historians aren’t sure why the original Seminole residents abandoned the settlement. —

Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024 In the future, Waters hopes to get a tattoo on his back by Dana Tiger, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and of Seminole and Cherokee descent. —

Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024 The devices were deactivated and removed from the premises, the Seminole Police Department said in a statement. —

Elias Lopez, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Seminole