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chariot

noun
/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/UK/ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/US/ˈt͡ʃɛɹiət/

Etymology

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), itself borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

  1. derived from *ḱr̥sós✻
  2. derived from *karros✻
  3. derived from *karros✻
  4. derived from carrus
  5. derived from chariot
  6. inherited from chariot

Definitions

  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.

    • The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.

  2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.

  3. The rook piece.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To convey by, or as if by, chariot.

    2. To ride in a chariot.

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Derived

charioter, chariotlike, chariotry, scythed chariot, unchariot, uncharioted, your chariot awaits

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA