Eskimo

['eskiməu]

Definition

(noun.) the language spoken by the Eskimo.

(noun.) a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people').

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Definition

(n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.

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Definition

n. and adj. one of a nation constituting the aboriginal inhabitants of the whole northern coast of America and spread over the Arctic islands Greenland and the nearest Asiatic coast.—n. Eskimo dog a half-tamed variety widely distributed in the Arctic regions and indispensable for drawing the sledges.

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