Meaning of ESQUIMAU
| Pronunciation: | | 'esku`mow
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- [n] the language spoken by the Eskimo people
- [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')
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ESQUIMAU is a 8 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | Eskimo, Eskimo, Inuit |
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| | See Also: | | American Indian, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Indian, North American Indian, Red Indian | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. {Esquimaux}. [F.]
Same as {Eskimo}.
It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.
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