All 12 Uses of
centaur
in
Harry Potter (#1) and the Sorcerer's Stone
- He walked forward and shook the centaur's hand.
p. 252..7centaur = a mythical being that is half man and half horse
- He's a centaur.
p. 252..9
- A movement in the trees behind Ronan made Hagrid raise his bow again, but it was only a second centaur, black-haired and—bodied and wilder-looking than Ronan.
p. 253..7
- "Never," said Hagrid irritably, "try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur."
p. 254..3
- They're deep, mind, centaurs… they know things… jus' don' let on much.
p. 254..4
- "D'you think that was a centaur we heard earlier?" said Harry.
p. 254..5 *
- A centaur was standing over him, not Ronan or Bane; this one looked younger; he had white-blond hair and a palomino body.
p. 256..7
- "Are you all right?" said the centaur, pulling Harry to his feet.
p. 256..8
- The centaur didn't answer.
p. 256..9
- Centaurs are concerned with what has been foretold!
p. 257..7
- The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs.
p. 259..8
- Anyway, who says the centaurs are right?
p. 260..9
Definition:
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(centaur) a mythical being that is half man and half horse