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1. (n.) manitou
(among Algonquian Indian peoples) any of a number of spirits residing in objects and phenomena of the natural world, as in animals, trees, water, the earth, and the sky.
Etymology: (1665–75,
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1. (noun) manitou
alt. of Manitu
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1. manitou
among the North American Indians an animal revealed to the head of a tribe as the guardian spirit of it, and an object of sacred regard. See Totemism.
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