Inuits

Variant of Inuit

noun pl. Inuit or Inuits

  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

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

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