First Known Use: 1771
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Seminole
noun Sem·i·nole \ˈse-mə-ˌnōl\
plural Seminoles or Seminole
Definition of 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
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Origin of SEMINOLE
Creek simanó·li untamed, wild, alteration of simaló·ni, from American Spanish cimarrón wild
Rhymes with SEMINOLE
aureole, banderole, bannerol, barcarole, barrel roll, buttonhole, cabriole, camisole, capriole, caracole, carmagnole, coffee roll, croquignole, cubbyhole, decontrol, Demerol, Dover sole, escarole, exit poll, farandole, finger hole, fumarole, girandole, girasole, Grand Guignol, honor roll, innersole, in the hole, Jackson Hole, jelly roll, kaiser roll, lemon sole, meadow vole, methanol, micromole, millimole, monopole, muster roll, on a roll, on the whole, oriole, ostiole, oversoul, ozone hole, petiole, pick-and-roll, pigeonhole, protocol, rabbit hole, rigmarole, rock and roll, totem pole, tracheole, vacuole, water hole
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Seminole
noun Sem·i·nole \ˈse-mə-ˌnōl\
plural Sem·i·noles or Seminole
Definition of SEMINOLE for Kids
: a member of an American Indian people of Florida and Oklahoma
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