charioteer

[ char-ee-uh-teer ]

/ ˌtʃær i əˈtɪər /

noun

a chariot driver.

(initial capital letter)Astronomy. the constellation Auriga.

Origin of charioteer

1300–50; chariot + -eer; replacing Middle English charietere<Middle French charetier, equivalent to Old French charete cart (charcar¹ + -ete-ette) + -ier-eer

Words nearby charioteer

charily, chariness, Charing Cross, Chari-Nile, chariot, charioteer, Charis, charisma, charismatic, charismatic movement, charismatize

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Example sentences from the Web for charioteer

The soul of man is likened to a charioteer and two steeds, one mortal, the other immortal.
Meno|Plato
And they also slew his charioteer and horses, hacking them to pieces.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2|Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Then suddenly recognising the identity of his charioteer he begged him to grant him victory.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
The appeal was comprehensible, and the charioteer, assiduously obliging, fell to posture of checking none too volant steeds.
The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor

Hearing these piteous words of my charioteer, I looked at him, and found the driver wounded with arrows.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

British Dictionary definitions for charioteer

charioteer

/ (ˌtʃærɪəˈtɪə) /

noun

the driver of a chariot

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单词	charioteer
释义	charioteer [ char-ee-uh-teer ] / ˌtʃær i əˈtɪər / noun a chariot driver. (initial capital letter)Astronomy. the constellation Auriga. Origin of charioteer 1300–50; chariot + -eer; replacing Middle English charietere<Middle French charetier, equivalent to Old French charete cart (charcar¹ + -ete-ette) + -ier-eer Words nearby charioteer charily, chariness, Charing Cross, Chari-Nile, chariot, charioteer, Charis, charisma, charismatic, charismatic movement, charismatize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for charioteer The soul of man is likened to a charioteer and two steeds, one mortal, the other immortal. Meno\|Plato And they also slew his charioteer and horses, hacking them to pieces. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2\|Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli Then suddenly recognising the identity of his charioteer he begged him to grant him victory. The Heroic Age\|H. Munro Chadwick The appeal was comprehensible, and the charioteer, assiduously obliging, fell to posture of checking none too volant steeds. The So-called Human Race\|Bert Leston Taylor Hearing these piteous words of my charioteer, I looked at him, and found the driver wounded with arrows. Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1\|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa British Dictionary definitions for charioteer charioteer / (ˌtʃærɪəˈtɪə) / noun the driver of a chariot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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