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(among the Algonquian Indians) A supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.

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Usage examples (29)
  • I am no manitou, but a man so weak he does not know the truth even for himself.
  • The squaws and the children fled into the woods, shrieking that it was a manitou (spirit) armed with thunder and lightning.
  • Although Ash didn't hex Nina, her anger has drawn a manitou spirit from the Otherworld, and that spirit has fixated on Nina.
  • "A great noble of the Iroquois nation" wouldn't have called on "manitou, the great spirit in things"; he'd have called it "orenda."
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