Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among certain of the American Indians, a spirit or other object of religious awe or reverence, whether a good or evil spirit or a fetish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
manitou .
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Examples
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Po spoke in Spanish, knowing Mike would not understand all she was saying but that he would understand the sentiments whenever she used the word manito.
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A spirit called the manito always watches over the Indians.
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In those days the Indians believed that a good spirit, called the manito, watched over them, and guided them, and kept them from harm.
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There was a grove of pines in that vicinity called the manito wac, or Spirit wood, into which they might be seen to flee, on the approach of evening, and there is a romantic little lake on those elevated sand-hills, not far back from the Great Lake, on the shores of which their tracks could be plainly seen in the sand.
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He calls himself a "manito," as those from New Mexico do.
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Flexi, in short, curly hair and a camo fleece, immediately begins referring to me as manito, shorthand for little brother.
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In that moment, manito, we were ready to give our lives for that land.
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Flexi, in short, curly hair and a camo fleece, immediately begins referring to me as manito, shorthand for little brother.
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Flexi, in short, curly hair and a camo fleece, immediately begins referring to me as manito, shorthand for little brother.
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In that moment, manito, we were ready to give our lives for that land.
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