Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and coastal areas of southwest Alaska. The Aleut are related culturally and linguistically to the Eskimo.
- noun Either or both of the two languages of the Aleut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands. Same as
Aleutian , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of the
Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language. - noun A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
- noun A native or
inhabitant of theAleutian Islands. - proper noun The
language of theAleutian Islands , related toEskimo (Inupiaq andYupik ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the language spoken by the Aleut
- noun a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- noun a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Joseph's current work on "biocomplexity" concerns the relationship between long-term Aleut occupation and the ecology of the flora and fauna of the Aleutian Islands over the past 5000 years.
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Of the 1,959,234 persons who identified themselves in this racial category, 95.9% were American Indian, 2.9% were Eskimo, and 1.2% self-identified as Aleut.
The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997
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As it turned out, there were three - Owl Goingback (Choctaw), Merle Apassingok (Inuit), and an Aleut woman whose name I've forgotten - or four if you count me, which I won't say you should or shouldn't.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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Chugach Alaska Corp., which has about 2,200 Eskimo, Aleut and other native shareholders, runs shareholder development programs to draw young people into jobs in Alaska.
Despite questions over ANCs, many pay out millions in dividends, scholarships, charitable donations Robert O'Harrow Jr. 2010
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They may find some solace in twin polar bear cubs Gregor and Aleut, who made their public debut today at the Nuremberg Zoo in southern Germany.
Knut the polar bear may be stuffed, displayed in Berlin museum 2011
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The polygamous Aleut and Cheyenne permitted male berdaches to be co-wives of a man alongside single-spirit women.
Elizabeth Abbott: Is New York's Gay Marriage Truly Historic? Elizabeth Abbott 2011
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Chugach Alaska Corp., which has about 2,200 Eskimo, Aleut and other native shareholders, runs shareholder development programs to draw young people into jobs in Alaska.
Despite questions over ANCs, many pay out millions in dividends, scholarships, charitable donations Robert O'Harrow Jr. 2010
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The polygamous Aleut and Cheyenne permitted male berdaches to be co-wives of a man alongside single-spirit women.
Elizabeth Abbott: Is New York's Gay Marriage Truly Historic? Elizabeth Abbott 2011
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I have produced a variety of publications dedicated to Alaska Native Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut peoples and before that, the Apache.
Interview Thursday. The first Male Guest; Grahamn Cracker! 2008
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I have produced a variety of publications dedicated to Alaska Native Eskimo, Indian, and Aleut peoples and before that, the Apache.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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