Meaning of Eskimo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik.
   dated, offensive, sometimes
2. Any of the languages of the Eskimo people.
3. A dog of the American Eskimo breed.
4. A dog of the Canadian Eskimo breed.
5. A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. (Obsolete as of 2020 with the team dropping this name in favour of Elks in 2021.)
   Canadian, historical

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Examples

“Yet many pure-bred, if unregistered, Eskimos are still kept along the Canadian border for use in sled racing.”

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