About The Word Esquimau
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Esquimau
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What's The Definition Of Esquimau?
[n] the language spoken by the Eskimo people
[n] 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') Synonyms | Synonyms for Esquimau: Eskimo | Eskimo | Inuit Related Terms | Find terms related to Esquimau: See Also | American Indian | Eskimo-Aleut | Eskimo-Aleut language | Indian | North American Indian | Red Indian Esquimau In Webster's Dictionary \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. {Esquimaux}. [F.]
Same as {Eskimo}.
It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.
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