Centaur
['sentɔː] or ['sɛntɔr]
Definition
(noun.) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse.
Inputed by Effie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
(n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Edited by Colin
Definition
n. a fabulous monster half-man half-horse.—adj. Centau′rian.
Typed by Alphonse
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation and who followed the primitive economic maxim 'Every man his own horse. ' The best of the lot was Chiron who to the wisdom and virtues of the horse added the fleetness of man. The scripture story of the head of John the Baptist on a charger shows that pagan myths have somewhat sophisticated sacred history.
Edited by Andrea