totemite

[ toh-tuh-mahyt ]

noun

1. totemist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of totemite¹

First recorded in 1900–05; totem + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Then the master of the ceremonies rubs the stomach of each totemite with the little stones, and says, "You have eaten much food."

From Project Gutenberg

If we wish to express the matter comprehensively, and at the same time to avoid language suggestive of a more advanced mysticism, we may perhaps describe the totem as, from this point of view, the totemite's "luck."

From Project Gutenberg

Again, almost invariably the totemite shows some respect towards his totem, refraining, for instance, from slaying and eating the totem-animal, unless it be in some specially solemn and sacramental way.

From Project Gutenberg