DCHP-1 Online
Innuit or Innuits [< Esk. "mankind, people, men"; pl. of innuk, inuk man] 
1 n. a member of a large group of North American aborigines inhabiting the Arctic and northern coastal areas from Greenland to Siberia. Also spelled Inuit.
See also: Eskimo (def. 1) Inuk
- 1774 Formerly, they were bold and impudent, and looked upon the Europeans as upon dogs, giving them the appellation, Kablunets, that is, Barbarians, but called themselves Innuit, which signifies men.
- 1835 (1948) . . . being informed that we were Europeans (Kablunae), they answered that they were men Innuit.
- 1882 Not far from this same spot were the ruins of a cairn which had been built by white men and torn down by Inuits.
- 1963 We are masters here; we are filled with power/Without us the Innuit go hungry/Or on rough journeys to better hunting grounds. . . .
2 n. the language of the Eskimos.
See also: Eskimo (def. 2)
- 1861 (1865) The word 'wich-ou,' in Innuit has two significations.
- 1877 Linguistically, no ultimate distinction can be drawn between the American Innuit and the American Indian.
- 1774 Formerly, they were bold and impudent, and looked upon the Europeans as upon dogs, giving them the appellation, Kablunets, that is, Barbarians, but called themselves Innuit, which signifies men.