sagittary

[ saj-i-ter-ee ]

noun

, plural sag·it·tar·ies.

1. a centaur with a bow, as Chiron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sagittary¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin: Sagittarius

Example Sentences

In the little hollow with stone cottages on the way thither a boy opened a gate for us whose name was Sagittary Clump.

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Does she come to his bedroom at his private Lodgings, or his quarters at the Sagittary?

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Othello brings Desdemona from her father's house to his residence in the "Sagittary."

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A true Renaissance sign we find again in the “Sagittary,” cursorily mentioned in “Othello” (i, i).

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Also blazoned as a sagittary, and supposed to have been a badge of King Stephen.

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