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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining to an arrow or to archery.
  2. n. [capitalized] The constellation Sagittarius.
  3. n. A centaur; specifically [capitalized], a centaur fabled to have been in the Trojan army.
  4. n. In zoology, an arrow-worm or sagitta.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a centaur
  2. n. heraldry Sagittarius
  3. n. archaic an archer

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Myth.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
  2. n. The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
  3. adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.

Etymologies

  1. Latin sagittarius, from sagitta ‘arrow’. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Of this sort is the "dreadful sagittary," who is still retained in”

    Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature

  • “_ Also blazoned as a _sagittary_, and supposed to have been a badge of King Stephen.”

    The Handbook to English Heraldry

  • “The ostrich and the cameleopard, the wild ass and the zebra, the chamois and the ibex of Angora, -- all brought their tributes of beauty or deformity to these vast aceldamas of Rome: their savage voices ascended in tumultuous uproar to the chambers of the capitol: a million of spectators sat round them: standing in the centre was a single statuesque figure -- the imperial sagittary, beautiful as an Antinous, and majestic as”

    The Caesars

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