Aleut Definition
ə-lo͝ot, ălē-o͝ot
aleuts
noun
A member of a Native American people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and coastal areas of southwest Alaska. The Aleut are related culturally and linguistically to the Eskimo.
American Heritage
A member of an indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands and parts of mainland Alaska.
Webster's New World
Either or both of the two languages of the Aleut.
American Heritage
The language of this people, related to Eskimo.
Webster's New World
A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the Aleuts or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Aleut
Noun
Singular:
Aleut
Plural:
aleutsOrigin of Aleut
Russian from Alut a village on Kamchatka inhabited by the Alutor, a people speaking a language related to Chukchi and traditionally practicing whale-hunting (the Russians later extending their name for this people to the Aleut, who practice a similar lifestyle)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the Aleut allíthuh (“community”).
From Wiktionary
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