aurigan.
/ɔːˈrʌɪɡə/, U.S. /ɔˈraɪɡə/, /ɑˈraɪɡə/ A charioteer.† a. figurative. Leader (obsolete).† c. Physiology. The fourth lobe of the liver (obsolete).† d. Medicine. A bandage for the sides (obsolete).
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c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 104 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 196 Til blissed Austyn, by goostly elloquence, Was trewe Auriga of foure gospelleeris.
b. Astronomy. One of the northern constellations, the Waggoner.
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1868 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (ed. 6) i. 7 The bright star Capella..in the constellation Auriga.
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1787 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 10) 108 Auriga, a name of the fourth lobe of the liver.
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