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Wisest of the centaurs, in Greek myth
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chiron
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Chiron (Greek: Χείρων ) is the name given to a supposed moon of Saturn sighted by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1861. It has since been determined that no such moon exists. Hermann Goldschmidt announced the discovery of the ninth moon of Saturn in April 1861, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wisest of the centaurs, from Latin Chiron , from Greek Kheiron , which is of unknown origin; Klein compares Greek kheirourgos "surgeon."
Usage examples of chiron.
Of course I had, for when Parmenion first came to Achaea he told Chiron that a sorcerer in another world had sent him.
Once more the haze began around the beast, shimmering, changing, until the human form of Chiron could be seen asleep on the floor beside the horse, Caymal.
Pushing himself to his feet, Chiron led the boy back through the alcove wall into the palace beyond.
With trembling hands Chiron eased it clear and found himself staring down into the tent of Philippos.
Parmenion swung away from the centaur to see Chiron moving carefully across the clearing, avoiding the bloodstains on the earth.
The Pindos Mountains Brontes led the way to a cluster of shallow caves, leaving Parmenion, Alexander, Chiron and Attalus in one while he and his brothers took shelter nearby, the dark-haired woman remaining with them.
At last only Chiron and Brontes were left and the magus walked to Parmenion, extending his hand.
I am now Aristotle - but once I was Chiron and I lived here with the people of the Enchantment.
Machaon is supposed to have learned his craft from Chiron, the friendly centaur.
Gage approached Chiron, she found a dozen GUTsh-ips drifting like spent matches around the limbs of the worldlet.
Except for the liner passengers - mostly business types and tourists - the colonists of Chiron were remarkably similar.
The ache in her muscles enabled her to forget the worlds beyond Chiron, places she was coming to suspect she would never see again.
Rings arched over Chiron like gaudy artifacts, unreasonably sharp, cutting perceptibly across the sky as Gage watched.
GUTdrive ship could chase Chiron, crawling after the rogue dwarf through normal space.
And Chiron, with its cargo of humanity, must be much more fragile than the hardened missile.