Sam|o|yede

Sam|o|yed or Sam|o|yede «_SAM uh YEHD», noun, adjective.

–n.

1. one of a Mongoloid people living in northern Siberia and northeastern Russia.

2. a group of Ural-Altaic languages spoken by these people.

3. any one of a Siberian breed of large working dogs having a long-haired, white or cream-colored coat, used in arctic regions to guard reindeer herds and pull sleds. They were originally bred by the Samoyeds.

–adj.

of or having to do with the Samoyeds or their languages.

╂[< Russian samoyed]