chariot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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
   noun

   a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage

3. 3
   noun

   a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle

4. 4
   verb

   to ride in a chariot

5. 5
   verb

   to transport in a chariot

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   noun

   The rook piece.

8. 8
   verb

   To convey by, or as if by, 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”).