Onager Definition
(military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
Other Word Forms of Onager
Noun
Origin of Onager
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From Anglo-Norman onager, Old French onager (“wild ass; siege engine"), from Latin onager (“wild ass"), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (onagros, “wild ass"), from ὄνος (onos, “ass") + ἄγριος (agrios, “wild").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Late Latin from Latin wild ass from Greek onagros onos ass asinine agrios wild agro- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Late Latin from Latin wild ass from Greek onagros onos ass asinine agrios wild agro- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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