chariot

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/
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/ˈt͡ʃæɹɪət/ · /ˈt͡ʃæɹiət/ · /ˈt͡ʃɛɹiət/

Definition of chariot

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
    “The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.”
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noun

  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
    “The warriors rode into battle on a horse-drawn chariot.”
  2. A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
  3. The rook piece.

verb

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

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Etymology

From Middle English chariot, from Old French chariot, from char (“cart”), from Latin carrus (“wagon”), itself borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Displaced native Old English hrædwæġn (literally “fast wagon”).

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6-letter words

4 words

5-letter words

22 words

4-letter words

45 words

3-letter words

37 words

2-letter words

14 words

Hooks

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