Seminole

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/ˈsɛ.mɪ.nəl/UK/ˈsɛ.mɪˌnəʊl/US/ˈsɛ.mɪˌnoʊl/

noun

Any member of a Native American people formed in the eighteenth century, now residing primarily in Florida and Oklahoma.

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Seminole language
Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounSeminole (plural Seminoles or Seminole)

plural Seminoles

  1. Any member of a Native American people formed in the eighteenth century, now residing primarily in Florida and Oklahoma.

    So she was home by herself one afternoon when she saw a band of Seminoles passing by.

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 175
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    Sometime in 1945 he faced an opponent who apparently “witched” him, causing facial paralysis and dizzy spells that rendered him bedridden. An old Indian doctor came to his bedside, looked into his eyes, and proclaimed that he had been witched by his Seminole adversary.

    2017, Benjamin R. Kracht, Kiowa Belief and Ritual, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 134

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Muskhogean language of the Seminole

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Seminole language
Broader
MuskhogeanMuskhogean languageMuskogean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Creeksimanó-li
  2. EnglishSeminole

From Creek simanó-li.

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Translations

German Seminole
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Portuguese seminola
  • seminolaTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Seminole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seminole

MLA

“Seminole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seminole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Seminole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Seminole.

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