Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Eskimo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Eskimo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
Eskimo .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun archaic
Eskimo (the language) - proper noun archaic
Eskimo (the group of people) - noun archaic
Eskimo (a member of the group)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the language spoken by the Eskimo
- 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')
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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| The term Esquimau is the singular form of Esquimaux, |
Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887
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Esquimau settlements, when we wos lookin 'over the side at the lumps of ice floatin' past, up got a walrus not very far off shore, and out went half-a-dozen kayaks, as they call the Esquimau men's boats, and they all sot on the beast at once.
The World of Ice 1859
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Esquimau, who answers me with praise of blubber and nights spent in ice houses and baths of foul vapour.
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We may know that the modern Irishman as much resembles the Gael of old as he resembles the Esquimau or the Kafir on the Hindu Kush.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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We may know that the modern Irishman as much resembles the Gael of old as he resembles the Esquimau or the Kafir on the Hindu Kush.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Yet the Esquimau does not consider himself strange.
The Girl In A Swing Adams, Richard, 1920- 1980
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To be in no least doubt about one's physical attractiveness - that must be strange - as strange as being an Esquimau.
The Girl In A Swing Adams, Richard, 1920- 1980
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Rugs, tables, chairs, and sofas made the Esquimau edifice cozy within; and an oil stove kept eggs and coffee sizzling merrily at dinner time.
Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Edwin L. Miller
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Past the Esquimau village, the richly varied city of state and foreign buildings came into view.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
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I will adopt the customs and manners of any country; I will dress in furs with a seal-skin cap, and eat blubber like an Esquimau, or turn myself into an Indian squaw; would you like to have me for a squaw, Monsieur Horace?
My Little Lady Eleanor Frances Poynter
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