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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cataphract \Cat"a*phract\, n. [L. cataphractes, Gr ?, fr ? covered, fr ? to cover; kata` down wholly + ? to inclose.] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations. 2. A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. --Milton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.
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