charioteer
pronunciation
How to pronounce charioteer in British English:
UK [ˌtʃæriəˈtɪə(r)]
How to pronounce charioteer in American English:
US [ˌtʃæriəˈtɪr]
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- Noun:
- the driver of a chariot
Word Origin
- charioteer (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French charioteur, from charriot (see chariot). As a verb from 1802. Related: Charioteered; charioteering.
Example
- 1. Here is a ruse for the fray : you need no chariot or charioteer .
- 2. You all know him as the finest charioteer in rome .
- 3. He who holds back arisen anger as one checks a whirling chariot , him I call a charioteer ; other folk only hold the reins .
- 4. With no moon in sight , a dark country sky brings out the pavement of stars over which the charioteer travels : the milky way .
- 5. The rational soul is a spiritual substance distinct from the body within which it dwells , somewhat as the charioteer in the chariot .