Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subdivision of the Uralic language family of extreme northwestern Russia that includes Nenets.
- noun Nenets. No longer in technical use.
- noun A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in northern Eurasia as a sled dog, having a thick white coat and a bushy tail carried over the back.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a race inhabiting the northern coast of Asia and eastern Europe, and belonging to the Ural-Altaic family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a member of the
Samoyedic peoples of theSiberian Urals ; they speak Samoyediclanguages - noun a hardy
breed ofdog fromSiberia
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
- noun the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia
- noun Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The word Samoyed is actually a russian corruption or mispronunciation of the real word for all those tribes in general: "Saamod" or "Saamid". if you break Samoyed down into the two russian
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The word Samoyed is actually a russian corruption or mispronunciation of the real word for all those tribes in general: "Saamod" or "Saamid". if you break Samoyed down into the two russian
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Polar Sea, of the Siberian cedar-tree, of the word Samoyed signifying self-eaters, &c. [
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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:) Here you go: apparently, "Samoyed" as a dog name came up b / c the various nomadic & reindeer herding peoples of Russia were / are 'Samoyedic' peoples and they were the "samoyed dogs".
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:) Here you go: apparently, "Samoyed" as a dog name came up b / c the various nomadic & reindeer herding peoples of Russia were / are 'Samoyedic' peoples and they were the "samoyed dogs".
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She's also raised award-winning Samoyed dogs since I was little, and running a Samoyed rescue club for ages.
Ada Lovelace Day da_lj 2009
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Massachusetts with Clemmie (short for Clementine), her Samoyed canine companion.
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We had a fox in the garden last year, and I am worried incase my Samoyed gets hold of it ... can't find anything (legal) on the internet that I can do or buy to get rid of it.
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We have recruited her replacement, a beautiful Samoyed Puppy now sleeping at my feet.
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We have recruited her replacement, a beautiful Samoyed Puppy now sleeping at my feet.
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