Inuits

Variant of Inuit

Inuit definition

Inu·it (in′o̵̅o̅ it, -yo̵̅o̅-)

noun pl. Inuit -·it or Inuits -·its

  1. a member of a group of indigenous people of N North America, inhabiting areas from Greenland and E Canada to Alaska
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Eskimo-Aleut language family
  3. Eskimo (): in this sense, Inuit is now the preferred term in Canada

Etymology: Esk inuit, pl. of inuk, person, man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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