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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Donelson had served with Jackson in the Florida War – known as the First Seminole War – and later became his private secretary. —

Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025 The data is for sales of single-family homes as well as condominiums, duplexes and townhouses in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties. —

James Wilkins, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025 The visitor sat at a Dancing Drums slot machine at the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, the casino said in a Jan. 29 Facebook post. —

Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 If enacted, the proposal could secure a gambling monopoly for the Seminole Tribe, which already holds exclusive rights to most casino operations in the state, while blocking new competitors, including Trump. —

Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Seminole