Definitions of Rasmussen
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Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933)
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synonyms:
Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen
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example of:
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ethnologist
an anthropologist who studies ethnology
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adventurer, explorer
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
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ethnologist
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