English noun: Inuit | |||
1. | Inuit (person) 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') | ||
Synonyms | Eskimo, Esquimau | ||
Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, Indian, Red Indian | ||