Samoyeds

Samoyeds
Samoyedes Sam`oy*edes", n. pl.; sing. {Samoyede}. (Ethnol.) An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.also {Samoyeds.} [1913 Webster]

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