Main Entry: Sam?o?yed
Variant(s): also Sam?o?yede /'sa-m&-"yed, -"moi-/
Function: noun
Etymology: Russian samoed
Date: 1589
1 : a member of any of a group of peoples inhabiting the far north of European Russia and parts of northwestern Siberia
2 : the family of Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed people
3 : any of a Siberian breed of medium-sized white or cream-colored sled dogs
- Samoyed adjective
- Sam?o?yed?ic /"sa-m&-'ye-dik, -"moi-/ adjective