n.
Pronunciation: ' es-k ə - ˌ m ō
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete Esquimawe, probably from Spanish esquimao, from Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo; probably akin to modern Montagnais assime · w she laces a snowshoe, Ojibwa a š kime ·
Date: 1584
1 plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia
2 : any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples
– Es · ki · mo · an \ ˌ es-k ə - ' m ō - ə n \ adjective