INUIT

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• INUIT (noun)
  The noun INUIT has 1 sense:

1. 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')

  Familiarity information: INUIT used as a noun is very rare.

• INUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Eskimo; Esquimau; Inuit

Hypernyms ("Inuit" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

 Context examples 

Barrett points out that the Inuit of the region favoured female walruses when hunting, so the prevalence of females in Greenland’s later exports could imply a growing Norse reliance on Inuit supply.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

A diet that is healthy for the Inuit may not necessarily be good for the rest of us.

(Genetic Adaptations to Diet and Climate, NIH)

The two main groups referred to as Eskimo are the Yupik and Inuit.

(Eskimo, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Research affecting Inuit/Eskimo populations.

(Arctic Research, NCI Thesaurus)

An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago.

(Nunavut, NCI Thesaurus)

In Alaska, the term Eskimo is commonly used, because it includes both Yupik and Inupiat, while Inuit is not accepted as a collective term.

(Inuit, NCI Thesaurus)

“Ancestors of the Inuit occupied northern Greenland during the time of the Norse colonies. They probably encountered and traded with the Norse,” said Barrett.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)

Some variants were significantly associated with the fat composition of red blood cell membranes, which had previously been measured in a group of Inuit.

(Genetic Adaptations to Diet and Climate, NIH)

In Canada and Greenland, the term Eskimo has fallen out of favor, as it is considered pejorative by the natives and has been replaced by the term Inuit.

(Eskimo, NCI Thesaurus)

One former Inuit camp on an islet off Ellesmere Island contained the rivets of a Norse boat – quite possibly a hunting trip that never returned.

(Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, University of Cambridge)