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Obsolete form of Sagittarius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, often
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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History
From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.
