chariot.
A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
Meaning & usage
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.
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
The rook piece.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
To ride in a chariot.
Where this word comes from
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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