Samoyede n 1: Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family [syn: {Samoyed}, {Samoyede}]
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. [1913 Webster]