Definitions for Eskimo

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Eskimo Es·ki·mo

Spelling: [es-kuh-moh]

IPA: /ˈɛs kəˌmoʊ/

Eskimo is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in Eskimo (eikmos).

Definitions for Eskimo

noun

1. a member of an indigenous people of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, characterized by short, stocky build and light-brown complexion.
2. either of two related languages spoken by the Eskimos, one in Greenland, Canada, and northern Alaska, the other in southern Alaska and Siberia.

Origin of Eskimo

1575-85; Esqimawe(s), apparently via French (of 16th-century Basque fishermen) Spanish esquimao(s) Montagnais (French spelling) aiachkimeou- a name for the Micmac, extended or transferred to

Examples for Eskimo

It is warm inside an Eskimo's hut although it is built of ice and snow.

The day ends in Iowa, of all places, with a one-sentence entry: “Christian K. Nelson took out a patent on the Eskimo Pie.”

We wait for the two to just Eskimo kiss in the corner underneath the mistletoe already.

The Eskimo religion, like that of the Indian, is one of fear.

I half-expected to see an Eskimo in a huskie-driven sled whiz by.

In a small hut upon the beach lived the Eskimo woman and her boy.

They bought of the Eskimo what furs they wanted and paid as little for them as possible.

The Eskimo, who seemed to act as cook, occasionally looked into the camp-kettle.

Fifty miles inland the Indian and Eskimo hunters had met them.

Everything but the provisions for the Eskimo crew was already aboard.