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Samoyed


Definition of Samoyed

noun

  • 1a member of a group of mainly nomadic peoples of northern Siberia, who traditionally live as reindeer herders.
  • 2 [mass noun] any of several Samoyedic (Uralic) languages of the Samoyeds.
  • another term for Samoyedic. [as modifier]:Nenets is the most widely spoken of the Samoyed languages
  • 3a dog of a white Arctic breed.

Origin:

from Russian samoed

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