Es·qui·mau ( s k -m  )n. pl. Esquimau or Es·qui·maux (-m z) An Eskimo. [French, sing. of Esquimaux, Eskimo; see Eskimo.] |
Esquimau [ˈɛskɪˌməʊ]
n pl -maus, -mau
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) a former spelling of Eskimo
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| Noun | 1. |  Esquimau - 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')American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived |
| 2. | Esquimau - the language spoken by the Eskimo Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language - the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut |
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