ESQUIMAU

Eskimo, Esquimau

(noun) the language spoken by the Eskimo

Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit

(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’)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Es"qui*mau, n.; pl. Esquimaux. Etym: [F.]

Definition: Same as Eskimo. It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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