Definitions for centaur

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centaur cen·taur

Spelling: [sen-tawr]

IPA: /ˈsɛn tɔr/

Centaur is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in centaur (acenrtu).

Definitions for centaur

noun

1. Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Centaurus.
3. a skillful horseman or horsewoman.
4. (initial capital letter) Rocketry. a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.

Origin of centaur

1325-75; Middle English, Old English Latin centaurus Greek kéntauros

Examples for centaur

The centaur and the satyr are no longer grotesque; the type is accepted.

This is a star of the first magnitude, Alpha in the constellation of the centaur.

In that rank he served on board the centaur, the flagship on the Brazilian station.

This position, along with its composition of rock and ice, marks Chariklo as a “centaur.”

So might a mortal look if some strange hap brought him face to face with a centaur.

The colossal figure of the centaur was plainly distinguishable.

It is older than Hippocrates, older than Chiron the centaur.

The first two laws are also ascribed to the centaur Cheiron.

He was in the saddle in a flash, and sat there like a centaur.

That means Chariklo likely has one or more tiny shepherd moons itself, making the centaur a miniature solar system.