Seminole Definition

sĕmə-nōl
seminoles
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The variety of Creek spoken by the Florida Seminoles.
Webster's New World
A related Muskogean language, usually called Mikasuki.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Seminole

Noun

Singular:
Seminole
Plural:
seminoles

Origin of Seminole

  • Alteration of Seminolie from Creek simalóoni, simanóoli runaway from American Spanish cimarrón maroon1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Seminole Sentence Examples

  • His first field service was in Florida against the Seminole Indians.

  • Gainesville is in the midst of the famous Seminole country.

  • In nearly every county there are veins of iron ore of varying extent and quality, the most important being at Hartville, Laramie county, Iron Mountain, Albany (disambiguation)|Albany county, the Seminole and Rawlins in Carbon county.

  • While a member of President Monroe's cabinet, Calhoun had favoured the reprimanding of General Jackson (q.v.) for his high-handed course in Florida in 1818, during the first Seminole War.

  • The fort and the settlement were named in honour of General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849), a native of Hudson, New York, who served in the War of 1812, commanded the United States forces against the Seminole Indians in 1841-1842, served under both General Taylor and General Scott in the Mexican War, distinguishing himself at Monterey (where he earned the brevet of major-general) and in other engagements, and later commanded the department of Texas.

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