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Alaskan, a. and n.|əˈlæskən|
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Alaska (see prec.) and its inhabitants.
1868F. Whymper Travel in Alaska xxii. 255 The ‘medicine man’ of the Tchuktchis (and also of the North Alaskan peoples, who use the same term) was..represented in Greenland. 1890Frazer Golden Bough II. 116 Alaskan hunters preserve the bones of sables and beavers out of reach of the dogs for a year. 1921Contemp. Rev. Feb. 286 It seems certain that the Alaskan races..are of the same ultimate stock as ourselves. 1936Discovery July 200/2 Archaeological evidence is conclusively in favour of an Alaskan origin [for the Eskimo].
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Alaska.
1871Lakeside Monthly July 16 (title) The Alaskans at home. 1881C. M. Willard Life in Alaska (1884) 16 It is the custom of the Alaskans to compel the murderer to stay beside the corpse until it is finally disposed of. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. 19 Apr. 325/1 The largest of all..as the Alaskans call it, the ‘tyee’ salmon, sometimes weighs over one hundred pounds. |