† charetern.
Obsolete.
1. The driver of a ‘charet’; a charioteer.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of a chariot
carterc1374
charioteer1382
charet-man1535
chariot-man1577
coachman1582
charet-driver1591
wagoner1594
chareter1610
jockeya1719
chariot-driver1769
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 60 The charrettiers mingled themselves with the battel of the footmen.
1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 14 There our chareter brought us to the ruines of an house.
2. (A horse) that draws a ‘charet’. rare. [ < French cheval charrettier.]
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls vehicle > of specific type (miscellaneous)
chareter1601
gigstera1812
van horse1820
cab horse1828
cabber1832
stanhope horse1836
vanner1854
sledder1869
trapper1883
trammer1889
fly-horse1891
busser1894
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §56. 41 A vallet herbergeour, who shal herberge the said horses, sommers, and chariters.
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