Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of the Eskimos.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Ethnol.) An Eskimo.
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- noun Dated form of
Inuit .
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Examples
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Again, in the country of the Esquimaux, who has not read in the intensely interesting narratives of the Moravian missionaries, how the dogs of the "Innuit" -- of "the men," as they call themselves -- are, in winter, indispensable to their very existence?
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The Eskimos call themselves "Innuit," [Singular, Innuk; dual, Innuek] which means people -- humans.
The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901
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Their name for themselves as a people is usually "Innuit" (in
Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892
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Since Civilisation has failed to give the average Englishman food and shelter equal to that enjoyed by the Innuit, the question arises: HAS CIVILISATION INCREASED THE PRODUCING POWER OF THE
THE MANAGEMENT 2010
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For it is a patent fact that if 40,000,000 people, aided by Civilisation, possess a greater individual producing power than the Innuit, then those 40,000,000 people should enjoy more creature comforts and heart's delights than the Innuits enjoy.
THE MANAGEMENT 2010
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If it weren't for my native country, the U.S. would stretch all the way to Baffin Island and the Innuit would have no socialized medicine.
Archive 2009-10-01 Ulysses 2009
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If it weren't for my native country, the U.S. would stretch all the way to Baffin Island and the Innuit would have no socialized medicine.
Talking Turkey Ulysses 2009
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They are dying now, they were dying yesterday and last year, they will die to-morrow and next year, of starvation; for they, unlike the Innuit, suffer from a chronic condition of starvation.
THE MANAGEMENT 2010
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In a fair comparison of the average Innuit and the average
THE MANAGEMENT 2010
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In Alaska, along the banks of the Yukon River, near its mouth, live the Innuit folk.
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