noun
Meaning 1
A person who drives a chariot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
charioteer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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verb
Meaning 2
To drive a chariot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To drive someone in a chariot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Auriga
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constellation
noun
Meaning 5
the driver of a chariot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: driver
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot + -eer.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: колесничар (kolesničar) — person who drives a chariot
- Catalan: cotxer — person who drives a chariot
- Catalan: auriga — person who drives a chariot
- Coptic: ⲏⲛⲓⲟⲭⲟⲥ (ēniokhos) — person who drives a chariot
- Czech: vozataj — person who drives a chariot
- Dutch: wagenmenner — person who drives a chariot
- Finnish: sotavaunujen ajaja — person who drives a chariot
- French: aurige — person who drives a chariot
- Galician: cocheiro — person who drives a chariot
- Galician: auriga — person who drives a chariot
- Ancient Greek: ἡνίοχος (hēníokhos) — person who drives a chariot
- Ancient Greek: ἱππότης (hippótēs) — person who drives a chariot
- Hindi: सारथी (sārthī) — person who drives a chariot
- Hindi: सार्थी (sārthī) — person who drives a chariot
- Indonesian: kusir — person who drives a chariot
- Irish: carbadóir — person who drives a chariot
- Latin: aurīga — person who drives a chariot
- Latin: essedārius — person who drives a chariot
- Malayalam: സാരഥി (sārathi) — person who drives a chariot
- Old English: wæġnere — person who drives a chariot
- Polish: kierowca rydwanu — person who drives a chariot
- Polish: woźnica — person who drives a chariot
- Polish: furman — person who drives a chariot
- Polish: wozak — person who drives a chariot
- Russian: возни́чий (vozníčij) — person who drives a chariot
- Spanish: cochero — person who drives a chariot
- Spanish: auriga — person who drives a chariot
- Tamil: தேரோட்டி (tērōṭṭi) — person who drives a chariot
- Telugu: సారధి (sāradhi) — person who drives a chariot
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