Seminole
nounUK /ˈsɛ.mɪˌnəʊl/ · US /ˈsɛ.mɪˌnoʊl/
Etymology From Creek simanó-li.
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:
- 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:
- Derived terms
- Seminole bread, Seminole County
- Hyponyms
- Miccosukee