Esquimau and Eskimo

Esquimau noun - 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 and Esquimau are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Eskimo" instead the word "Esquimau" as a noun or an adjective.

Eskimo noun - 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').

Esquimau and Eskimo are semantically related. You can use "Esquimau" instead the word "Eskimo" as a noun or an adjective.