DCHP-1 Online

malemute malamute [< Malemiut, an Eskimo people of western Alaska]

• n. a sled-dog of a type first bred by the Malemiut Eskimos.

  See also: Eskimo dog  

  • 1874  [Maglemut]
  • 1898  I have the first man to find in the country who owns a dog, it matters not whether he is malamute, husky, St. Bernard, or even a short-haired, measly, little mongrel, that won't tell you he is the best leader in the country; yes, and believe it himself.
  • 1924  Each [Eskimo] family owned its five or six malemutes, which were tied at intervals to a rope pegged to the ground.
  • 1960  Some trappers . . . use dog teams to tend their territory. Oliver's six sturdy malemutes enable him to cover up to 20 miles a day.