Eskimo
Es·ki·mo
noun \ˈes-kə-ˌmō\Definition of ESKIMO
1
plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia
2
: any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples
— Es·ki·mo·an \ˌes-kə-ˈmō-ən\ adjective
See Origin of ESKIMO
obsolete Esquimawe, probably from Spanish esquimao, from Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo; probably akin to modern Montagnais assime·w she laces a snowshoe, Ojibwa aškime·
First Known Use: 1584
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