eskimo
IPA: ˈɛskʌmoʊ
Root Word: Eskimo
noun
- (sometimes offensive) A group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik.
- Any of the languages of the Eskimo.
- (sometimes offensive) A member of any of the Eskimo peoples.
- A dog of the American Eskimo breed.
- A dog of the Canadian Eskimo breed.
- (Canadian football, historical) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. (Obsolete as of 2020 with the team dropping this name in favour of Elks in 2021.)
adjective
- (sometimes offensive) Of or relating to the Eskimo peoples.
- In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.
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Examples of "eskimo" in Sentences
- The best seems to be the Eskimo one.
- The lake's name is Eskimo in origin.
- An igloo is a winter house for Eskimos.
- I'll try that Eskimo family in the lead.
- They are Eskimo and are related to the Inuit.
- It's beautiful, but not really appropriate for an eskimo.
- Graphic of the Eskimo kinship system, authored by the uploader.
- The dead comes alive in the body of the soul at Caribou Eskimos.
- The Husky or Eskimo dog is rare outside of the Northwest Territories.
- The Dorset people were not a type of eskimo, they were displaced by the eskimo.
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