centauress

English

Etymology

centaur +‎ -ess

Noun

centauress (plural centauresses)

  1. A female centaur; a she-centaur
    • 1775, A catalogue of impressions in sulphur of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold, page 55‎:
      1575. A CENTAURESS ſuckling a child. Cornelian.
    • 1800, Letters from Itality, page 122‎:
      a Centaureſs with a young Man, ſhe holds a cymbal of gilt-bronze, the thrones of Venus and Mars, with their attributes, are in the fame picture
    • 1820, Lucian of Samosata - Volume 1 - Page 772‎:
      On a grass-plot of the most glossy verdure lies the centauress, with the whole equine part of her stretched on the ground, the hind feet extending backwards: while the upper female part is gently raised, and reclining on one elbow.
    • 1837, Travels in Crete, Volume 2, page 12‎:
      we see, from the emptied drinking-vessel of the Centauress before us, that the God did not neglect to requite them for their zeal

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