Samoyed Definition

sămə-yĕd, -oi-ĕd, sə-moiĭd
noun
A member of a group of peoples living in N Siberia and the Taimyr Peninsula.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyeds.
Webster's New World
Nenets. No longer in technical use.
American Heritage
Any of a breed of strong working dog with a thick, white coat, erect ears, and a tail rolled over the back: developed in Siberia as a sled dog.
Webster's New World
Alternative capitalization of Samoyed (dog)
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the Samoyeds or their languages or culture.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Samoyed

Noun

Singular:
Samoyed
Plural:
samoyeds

Origin of Samoyed

  • Obsolete Russian samoyed Nenets person, member of a people speaking a Samoyedic language from alteration of samod, samoyad (taken as samo- self samovar) (-ed eater ed- in Indo-European roots) of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Samoyed Sentence Examples

  • Samoyed dog pup to breed to her maltese.

  • A woman rang me last june asking to buy a samoyed dog pup to breed to her maltese.

  • Vegetation is scanty, but bears, foxes and other Arctic animals, geese, swans, &c., provide means of livelihood for a few Samoyed hunters.

  • They were most likely Finns (Samoyed has the same meaning) and perhaps the ancestors of the Mordvinians (?..).

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Words Starting With

SSASAM

Words Ending With

DEDYED

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