cataphract
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Synonyms: cataract, cataphracts, cataphracti
Antonyms: cataract, cataphracts, cataphracti
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Noun
- Defensive armour covering the entire body of a soldier and often the soldier's horse as well, especially the linked mail or scale armour of some eastern nations.
- An outer covering of some fish resembling armour or plate.
Adjective
- Of a galley such as a trireme: with the upper tier of rowers shielded rather than exposed.
Noun
- A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).
- A galley with the upper tier of rowers shielded.
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