Definitions of Samoyed [ˌsæm əˈyɛd, səˈmɔɪ ɪd]

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Definition of 'Samoyed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Samoyed
a member of any of a group of Uralic peoples living in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.

2. Samoyed
(sometimes l.c.) one of a Siberian breed of medium-sized dogs with long, straight, dense white or cream hair that forms a ruff around the neck.

Etymology: (1580–90; < Russ samoyéd)

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1. (noun) Samoyed
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia

2. (noun) Samoyedic, Samoyed
the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia

3. (noun) Samoyed, Samoyede
Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family

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