[L.] A charioteer. † a. fig. Leader (obs.). b. Astr. One of the northern constellations, the Waggoner. † c. Phys. The fourth lobe of the liver (obs.). † d. Med. A bandage for the sides (obs.).
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (1844), 139. Tyl blissed Austyn, by goostly elloquence Was trewe Auriga of foure gospelleeris.
1868. Airy, Pop. Astron., i. 7. The bright star Capella in the constellation Auriga.