Seminole
noun
Sem·i·nole ˈse-mə-ˌnōl 
plural Seminoles or 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
Word History
Etymology
Creek simanó·li untamed, wild, alteration of simaló·ni, from American Spanish cimarrón wild
First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
Seminole
noun
Sem·i·nole ˈse-mə-ˌnōl
plural Seminoles or Seminole
: a member of a tribe of indigenous people of Florida and Oklahoma