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cataphract
[ kat-uh-frakt ]
/ ˈkæt əˌfrækt /
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noun
a heavily armed war galley of ancient Greece.
a suit of ancient Roman scale armor for a man or horse.
Zoology. the bony plates or scales covering the body of certain fishes or reptiles.
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Origin of cataphract
1575–85; <Latin cataphractus fully armored <Greek katáphraktos (akin to kataphrássein to clothe fully in armor), equivalent to kata-cata- + phraktós fenced, protectively clothed (phrag- fence + -tos verbal adjective suffix)
OTHER WORDS FROM cataphract
cat·a·phrac·tic, adjectiveWords nearby cataphract
Catanzaro, cataphasia, cataphasis, cataphora, cataphoresis, cataphract, cataphracted, cataphyll, cataplane, cataplasia, cataplasm
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How to use cataphract in a sentence
Cataphract, kat′a-frakt, n. (Milton) a soldier in full armour.