n. an Indian or Eskimo of the coast of Hudson Bay or the Arctic shore.
See also: Coast Country
- 1835  (1947)  If you were to allow these Indians (I mean Coasters) a few skins of Debt in fall . . . it would be the means to enable them to withstand the cold . . . .
- 1924  Hungry coasters came filtering into the post during the first week in December, bringing little or no fur, so the factor complained, but with the usual tales of want and distress on their hungry lips.