centauressn.
/ˈsɛntɔːrᵻs/, /ˌsɛntɔːˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈsɛnˌtɔrəs/ A female centaur.
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centaureOE
hippocentaurOE
sagittary1509
onocentaur1523
Sagittariusa1592
half-horse1605
centauress1754
1754 E. Young Centaur Ded. All but Centauresses are prudes with you.
1831 T. Keightley Mythol. Anc. Greece & Italy 284 [Buttmann] supposes Hippodameia to have been a Centauress, married to the prince of the Lapithæ.
1880 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 1 143 In the late ages of Greek and Graeco-Roman art Centaurs (and Centauresses..) are habitually represented drawing the chariot of Bacchus and Ariadne.
1925 E. Sitwell Troy Park 12 The centauresses keep their houses there.
1977 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 81 131/1 The centauress nursing or holding a small centaur appears on nine other Dionysiac sarcophagi.
2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 June e36 Big, washy pastoral paintings populated by centaurs and centauresses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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