1. 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') • Syn: Esquimau, Inuit • Hypernyms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian 2. the language spoken by the Eskimo • Syn: Esquimau • Hypernyms: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language