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Webster 1913 Edition
Centaur
Cen′taur
(sĕn′ta̤r)
, Noun.
[L.
centaurus
, Gr. Κένταυρος
.] 1.
(Class. Myth.)
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2.
(Astron.)
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Webster 1828 Edition
Centaur
CENTAUR
,Noun.
1.
In mythology, a fabulous being, supposed to be half man and half horse. It has been supposed that this fancied monster originated among the Lapithae, a tribe in Thessaly, who first invented the art of breaking horses. But the origin of the fable and of the name is doubtful.2.
Part of a southern constellation, in form of a centaur, usually joined with the wolf, containing thirty-five stars; the archer.Definition 2024
Centaur
Centaur
See also: centaur
English
Alternative forms
- (astronomy): centaur
Noun
Centaur (plural Centaurs)
- (Greek mythology) One of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. Often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with Chiron being a notable exception.
- A skillful horseman or horsewoman.
- (rocketry) A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.
- (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune
Translations
Greek mythology
a skillful horseman or horsewoman
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Rocketry
astronomy
Anagrams
centaur
centaur
See also: Centaur
English
A bronze statue of a centaur
Alternative forms
- (astronomy): Centaur
Noun
centaur (plural centaurs)
- (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
- (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune (also capitalised)
Synonyms
Translations
mythical half-man, half-horse
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astronomy
See also
- centaurial
- centaurian
- centauric
- centauroid
- centauress, centaurette
- faun
- minotaur
- onocentaur
- satyr