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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Centaur \Cen"taur\, n. [L. centaurus, Gr ?.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: centaur n 1: (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse 2: a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross [syn: {Centaurus}, {Centaur}, {The Centaur}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: CENTAUR, 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.
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