Yamasee

noun

Ya·​ma·​see

variants or Yamassee

ˈyäməsē

or Yemassee

ˈyem-

plural Yamasee or Yamasees or Yamassee or Yamassees or Yemassee or Yemassees

: an Indian of a Muskogean people of the lower Savannah and the coast of Georgia driven to Florida after defeat by the whites in 1716 and finally incorporated with the Creeks and Seminoles

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