Esquimau

Es·qui·mau

E0212400 (ĕs′kə-mō′)n. pl. Esquimau or Es·qui·maux (-mōz′) An Eskimo.

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[French, sing. of Esquimaux, Eskimo; see Eskimo.]

Esquimau

(ˈɛskɪˌməʊ) n, adjpl -maus or -mau1. (Languages) a former spelling of Eskimo2. (Peoples) a former spelling of Eskimo

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Esquimau - a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')Eskimo, InuitAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
	2.	Esquimau - the language spoken by the EskimoEskimoEskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language - the family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut