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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Esquimau (0.03201 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Esquimau.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Esquimau
Esquimau
n 1: 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') [syn:
Eskimo,
Inuit]
2: the language spoken by the Eskimo people [syn:
Eskimo]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Esquimau
Eskimo
\Es"ki*mo\, n.; pl.
Eskimos. [Originally applied by the
Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw
flesh.] (Ethnol.)
One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and
Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the
Mongolian race. [Written also
Esquimau.]
[1913 Webster]
Eskimo dog (Zo["o]l.), one of a breed of large and powerful
dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely
resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.
Eskimo dog
[1913 Webster]
Esquimau
\Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl.
Esquimaux. [F.]
Same as
Eskimo.
[1913 Webster]
It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.
[1913 Webster]
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