chariot

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chariot/ˈtʃariət/

▶noun

• 1 a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing.

• 2 historical a four-wheeled carriage with back seats and a coachman's seat.

• 3 literary a stately or triumphal carriage.

▶verb literary convey in or as in a chariot.

– derivatives
charioteer noun.

– origin ME: from OFr., augmentative of char ‘cart’, based on L. carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.