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Os⋅ce⋅o⋅la

[os-ee-oh-luh, oh-sey‑]
–noun
1804–38, U.S. Indian leader: chief of the Seminole tribe.
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Os·ce·o·la   (ŏs'ē-ō'lə, ō'sē-)   
Seminole leader who resisted the removal of his people from Florida in the 1830s. He died under suspicious circumstances after being tricked into surrendering (1837).
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