Aleut

[uh-loot, al-ee-oot]

noun

Also Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
the language of the Aleuts, distantly related to Eskimo: a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family.

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Examples from the Web for aleut

Contemporary Examples of aleut

The commenter said Dodson is not a full-blooded member of any tribe and is in fact one-quarter Aleut, not Inuit.
Dan Snyder's Indian Chief Is Neither
Michael Tomasky
June 28, 2013

Historical Examples of aleut

It isn't English and it doesn't sound like Aleut or Russian.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
They all fell to work now, the boys at one of the cubs and the Aleut at the other.
The Young Alaskans
Emerson Hough
Jimmy caught up his bow and arrows, and the Aleut boy his short spear.
The Young Alaskans
Emerson Hough
These things were language that even an Aleut could understand.
The Young Alaskans
Emerson Hough
The young Aleut was awake also, but he smiled as he sat up on the blankets.
The Young Alaskans
Emerson Hough

British Dictionary definitions for aleut

Aleut

noun

a member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and SW Alaska, related to the Inuit
the language of this people, related to Inuktitut

Word Origin for Aleut

from Russian aleút, probably of Chukchi origin

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Word Origin and History for aleut

Aleut

native of the Aleutian Islands, 1780, of unknown origin, probably from a native word. First applied by Russian explorers c.1750, perhaps from Alut, name of a coastal village in Kamchatka [Bright]. Their name for themselves is unangax.