Inuit
noun
a member of a group of Indigenous peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
Inuits
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pluralof Inuit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He had brought smallpox with him, and the disease raced around the island, killing Inuits and Europeans alike.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023
The Inuits, now in their 70s, are the surviving members of the group of 22 children who were removed from their homes to be educated as "little Danes".
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2021
On April 6, 1909, American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson and four Inuits became the first men to reach the North Pole.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
This is the traditional homeland of the Nenets people: animist reindeer herders who have more in common with Inuits or Greenlanders than with any classically “European” or “Asian” peoples.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2017
The Inuits could not cross to the mainland, the ice was too rotten, and they remained in King William Land all summer.
From Schwatka's Search by William H. (William Henry) Gilder
