Chariot

//ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage wordnet
  3. 3
    A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
  4. 4
    a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome wordnet
  5. 5
    The rook piece.
Verb
  1. 1
    To convey by, or as if by, chariot. poetic, rare, transitive
  2. 2
    ride in a chariot wordnet
  3. 3
    To ride in a chariot. intransitive
  4. 4
    transport in a chariot wordnet

Synonyms

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carcarriage

Example

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"The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot"."

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”).

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scythed chariotyour chariot awaits

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