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Sem⋅i⋅nole

  [sem-uh-nohl] noun, plural -noles, (especially collectively) -nole, adjective
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–noun
1. a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, esp. the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
2. either of the Muskogean languages spoken by the Seminoles, comprising Mikasuki and the Florida or Seminole dialect of Creek.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Seminoles or their languages.
Origin:
earlier Seminolie < Creek simanó⋅li wild, runaway, alter. of earlier and dial. simaló⋅ni < AmerSp cimarrón; see maroon 2
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Sem·i·nole   (sěm'ə-nōl')   
n.   pl. Seminole or Sem·i·noles

    1. A Native American people made up of various primarily Creek groups who moved into northern Florida during the 18th and 19th centuries, later inhabiting the Everglades region as well, with present-day populations in Oklahoma and southern Florida. The Seminole Wars ended in the removal of the majority of the Seminoles to Indian Territory.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. Either of the Muskogean languages of the Seminole.


[Alteration of Seminolie, from Creek simalóoni, simanóoli, runaway, from American Spanish cimarrón; see maroon1.]
Sem'i·nole' adj.
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Word Origin & History

Seminole 
1763, from Creek simano:li, earlier simalo:ni "wild, runaway," from Amer.Sp. cimarron (see maroon (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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