Definition of "Eskimo"

(sometimes offensive) A group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik.  examples

Any of the languages of the Eskimo.  examples

(sometimes offensive) A member of any of the Eskimo peoples.  examples

A dog of the American Eskimo breed.  quotations  examples

A dog of the Canadian Eskimo breed.  examples

(Canadian football, historical) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. (Obsolete as of 2020 with the team dropping this name in favour of Elks in 2021.)

(sometimes offensive) Of or relating to the Eskimo peoples.  examples

In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.  examples