Thesaurus: esquimau

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1. n. Same as Eskimo.
2. n. 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’)
3. n. the language spoken by the Eskimo
4. Same as Eskimo. It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock.
5. Same as Eskimo.It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, acivilized man can live also. McClintock.
6. n 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') n the language spoken by the Eskimo