eskimo

(noun) 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, Inuit.

(noun) the language spoken by the Eskimo. Synonyms: Eskimo, Esquimau.