chariot
A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
Example
“The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.”
Other meanings
A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
The rook piece.
A kind of
- carriage
Related words
- charioter
- chariotlike
- chariotry
- unchariot
- uncharioted
- scythed chariot
- your chariot awaits
Word history
From Latin "carrus" (wagon).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chariot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.