Eskimo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Eskimo	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Eskimo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Eskimo 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') Synonym(s): Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit the language spoken by the Eskimo Synonym(s): Eskimo, Esquimau
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. {Whimper}.] (Zo[94]l) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph[91]opus), called also {Jack curlew}, {half curlew}, {stone curlew}, and {tang whaup}. See Illustration in {Appendix}. {Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eskimo \Es"kimo\, 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}.] {Eskimo* dog} (Zo[94]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