# Manigault

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'''Manigault''' (variant spelling ''Manigaud'', ''Manigaut'', etc.) is a surname of French origin that derives from [West Germanic](/source/West_Germanic_languages) ''Managwald'' (''manig'' "many, much" + ''wald, walt'' "power").<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> It meant "laborer" in Old French too.<ref>[Albert Dauzat](/source/Albert_Dauzat), ''Noms et prénoms de France'', éditions Larousse, 1980, p. 412a</ref> It is similar to the German surname Manigold / [Mangold](/source/Mangold). Notable people with the surname include:

== People ==
* [Arthur Middleton Manigault](/source/Arthur_Middleton_Manigault) (1824-1886), Confederate General of the American Civil War
* [Earl Manigault](/source/Earl_Manigault) (1944&ndash;1998), American basketball player
* [Edward Middleton Manigault](/source/Edward_Middleton_Manigault) (1887–1922), American Modernist painter
* [Elizabeth Wragg Manigault](/source/Elizabeth_Wragg_Manigault) (1736–1773), socialite and wife of Peter Manigault
* [Gabriel Manigault](/source/Gabriel_Manigault) (1758–1809), U.S. architect
* [Gabriel Manigault (merchant)](/source/Gabriel_Manigault_(merchant)) (1704–1781), U.S. merchant
* [Mary Jane Manigault](/source/Mary_Jane_Manigault) (1913–2010)
* [Omarosa Manigault](/source/Omarosa_Manigault) (born 1974), U.S. TV personality
* [Peter Manigault](/source/Peter_Manigault) (1731–1773), Charleston, South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, and colonial legislator
* [Charles Manigault Morris](/source/Charles_Manigault_Morris) (1820–1895), naval officer in C.S.A. and U.S.A. services

== Characters ==
* ''[Aaron Manigault](/source/School_system_of_The_Wire)'', and ''[Devar Manigault](/source/Street-level_characters_of_The_Wire)'', fictional characters from the U.S. TV series ''The Wire''

== See also ==
* [Joseph Manigault House](/source/Joseph_Manigault_House), in Charleston, South Carolina, USA

== References ==
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