All 12 Uses of
centaur
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- There was the great shape of a centaur and a winged horse and a long lithe creature that Edmund took to be a dragon.†
Chpt 9
- There were four great centaurs.†
Chpt 12
- Centaurs!†
Chpt 12
- Presently the centaurs and unicorns and deer and birds (they were of course the rescue party which Aslan had sent in the last chapter) all set off to go back to the Stone Table, carrying Edmund with them.†
Chpt 13
- The centaurs stamped uneasily with their hoofs.
Chpt 13 *centaurs = creatures that are half man half horse
- And all the time he was advising Peter how to conduct the operations, saying things like, "You must put your Centaurs in such and such a place" or "You must post scouts to see that she doesn't do so-and-so," till at last Peter said, "But you will be there yourself, Aslan."†
Chpt 14
- Then he pounced on a tall stone dryad which stood beyond the dwarf, turned rapidly aside to deal with a stone rabbit on his right, and rushed on to two centaurs.†
Chpt 16
- Instead of all that deadly white the courtyard was now a blaze of colours; glossy chestnut sides of centaurs, indigo horns of unicorns, dazzling plumage of birds, reddy-brown of foxes, dogs and satyrs, yellow stockings and crimson hoods of dwarfs; and the birch-girls in silver, and the beech-girls in fresh, transparent green, and the larch-girls in green so bright that it was almost yellow.†
Chpt 16
- "And join in, I hope, sir!" added the largest of the Centaurs.†
Chpt 16
- Those who can't keep up — that is, children, dwarfs, and small animals — must ride on the backs of those who can — that is, lions, centaurs, unicorns, horses, giants and eagles.†
Chpt 16
- Then Lion and Witch had rolled over together but with the Witch underneath; and at the same moment all war-like creatures whom Aslan had led from the Witch's house rushed madly on the enemy lines, dwarfs with their battleaxes, dogs with teeth, the Giant with his club (and his feet also crushed dozens of the foe), unicorns with their horns, centaurs with swords and hoofs.†
Chpt 16
- So the children sat on their thrones and sceptres were put into their hands and they gave rewards and honours to all their friends, to Tumnus the Faun, and to the Beavers, and Giant Rumblebuffin, to the leopards, and the good centaurs, and the good dwarfs, and to the lion.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(centaur) a mythical being that is half man and half horse