malemute

[ mal-uh-myoot ]
/ ˈmæl əˌmyut /

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

Alaskan malamute.

Words nearby malemute

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Definition for malemute (2 of 2)

malamute

or mal·e·mute

[ mal-uh-myoot ]
/ ˈmæl əˌmyut /

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

Alaskan malamute.

Origin of malamute

First recorded in 1895–1900, malamute is from the Inupiaq word malimiut name for local groups of Inupiaq of the Kotzebue Sound region, W Alaska, who bred such dogs

Example sentences from the Web for malemute

  • The Malemute and Kaviak dress is similar to that of the northern Eskimo.

    The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 |Hubert Howe Bancroft

  • They were in the best of spirits and carried their tails erect like their Malemute leader.

    The Yukon Trail |William MacLeod Raine

  • Butch, though a Malemute, had a strong strain of collie in him.

    The Yukon Trail |William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for malemute (1 of 2)

malemute
/ (ˈmæləˌmuːt) /

noun

a variant spelling of malamute

British Dictionary definitions for malemute (2 of 2)

malamute

malemute

/ (ˈmæləˌmuːt) /

noun

an Alaskan sled dog of the spitz type, having a dense usually greyish coat

Word Origin for malamute

from the name of an Inuit tribe