chariot
pronunciation
How to pronounce chariot in British English:
UK [ˈtʃæriət]
How to pronounce chariot in American English:
US [ˈtʃæriət]
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- Noun:
- a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
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- Verb:
- transport in a chariot
- ride in a chariot
Word Origin
- chariot (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French charriot "wagon" (13c.), augmentative of char "car," from Late Latin carrum "chariot" (see car).
Example
- 1. Unfortunately , india 's free-trade chariot seems stuck somewhere between singapore and switzerland .
- 2. I once met a teenager in the battle field . He wore the armour of troy , shivering behind a chariot .
- 3. Throughout history new technologies have revolutionised warfare , sometimes abruptly , sometimes only gradually : think of the chariot , gunpowder , aircraft , radar and nuclear fission .
- 4. By the end of my second day , I 'd seen so much that I could barely register the magnificence of the vittala temple , an immaculate complex of statues and shrines , and one of only three sites in india with a stone chariot ( a small temple on a wheeled platform ) .