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chariot

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæɹi.ət/

The English word “chariot” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
  2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
  3. The rook piece.

verb

  1. To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
  2. To ride in a 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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