1. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (‘eaters of raw flesh’) but they call themselves the Inuit (‘the people’)
   - Esquimau, Inuit, Innuit
    
2. The language spoken by the Eskimo
   - Esquimau, Eskimo language, Esquimau language

Derived forms: Eskimos

Type of: American Indian, Amerindian, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Native American

Encyclopedia: Eskimo