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'). Synonyms:Eskimo, Inuit.
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The language spoken by the Eskimo. Synonym:Eskimo.
... was a better miner than I," Boyd smiled. "There were plenty of Esquimau princes whom I might have held for ransom, but if I had done so, all the rest of the tribe would have ... — The Silver Horde • Rex Beach
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