Sagittary

//ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A centaur, half-human and half-horse. archaic

    "the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers"

  2. 2
    A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows. capitalized, often

    "Gules, three Sagittaries - or, three torteaux. Stephen's cognizance was a Sagittary, because he entered England when the Sun was in that sign, and was greatly indebted for his success to mounted archers."

  3. 3
    An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer. archaic

    "Born till Crassus perished by them, at which time a Sagittary was blazoned in their Royal Standard: [...] Darius being stamped on the one side and a Sagittary (his coat-armour) on the other; memorized by Plutarch in the life of Agesilaus, who complained that his design of conquering Asia was prevented by thirty thousand Sagittaries; meaning a Bribe of so many[…]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of Sagittarius. alt-of, obsolete

    "Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt."

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"the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers"

Etymology

From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.

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