(n) a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska, Example:the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and linguistically
{ } a. [ Said to be from the Russ. aleut a bold rock. ] Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands. [ 1913 Webster ]