chariot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A two-wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used in ancient times for war or racing.

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

2. 2
   verb

   To carry or ride in a chariot.

   The hero was charioted across the plain.

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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