sagittary means A centaur, half-human and half-horse. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
sagittary is pronounced /ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/.
Why “sagittary” is a great word
SAGITTARY — [Noun] A heraldic or mythical creature, most often a centaur, configured specifically as an archer. From the Latin sagittarius (“archer”), from sagitta (“arrow”). Unlike “centaur,” which denotes the specific Greek hybrid of man and horse, or “archer,” a general term for any bowman, a sagittary is a being defined entirely by its weapon and its emblematic stance. It is the drawn bow on a rusted shield, the stone figure atop a crumbling gatehouse eternally sighting down its arrow, and the celestial silhouette whose constellation never releases its shot—a symbol not of a story, but of a single, suspended intention.
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- A centaur, half-human and half-horse.“the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers”
- A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.“Gules, three Sagittaries - or, three torteaux. Stephen's cognizance was a Sagittary, because he entered England when the Sun was in that sign, and was greatly indebted for his success to mounted archers.”
- An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.“Born till Crassus perished by them, at which time a Sagittary was blazoned in their Royal Standard: [...] Darius being stamped on the one side and a Sagittary (his coat-armour) on the other; memorized by Plutarch in the life of Agesilaus, who complained that his design of conquering Asia was prevented by thirty thousand Sagittaries; meaning a Bribe of so many[…]”