chariot

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English

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Hittite chariot.

Etymology

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”). Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

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Noun

chariot (plural chariots)

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

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Verb

chariot (third-person singular simple present chariots, present participle charioting, simple past and past participle charioted)

  1. (transitive, rare, poetic) To convey by, or as if by, chariot.
  2. (intransitive) To ride in a chariot.

See also

Xiangqi pieces in English (see also: xiangqi) (layout · text)
general advisor elephant horse chariot cannon soldier

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French chariot, from char or from charrier +‎ -ot.

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Noun

chariot m (plural chariots)

  1. A car/carriage or wagon
  2. carriage (of a computer printer)
    chariot bloqué
  3. (Quebec) shopping cart
    Synonym: caddie

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