charioteer

[char-ee-uh-teer]

noun

(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Auriga.

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Origin of charioteer

1300–50; chariot + -eer; replacing Middle English charietere < Middle French charetier, equivalent to Old French charete cart (char car¹ + -ete -ette) + -ier -eer

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Examples from the Web for charioteer

The soul of man is likened to a charioteer and two steeds, one mortal, the other immortal.
Meno|Plato
And they also slew his charioteer and horses, hacking them to pieces.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2|Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Then suddenly recognising the identity of his charioteer he begged him to grant him victory.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
The appeal was comprehensible, and the charioteer, assiduously obliging, fell to posture of checking none too volant steeds.
The So-called Human Race|Bert Leston Taylor

Hearing these piteous words of my charioteer, I looked at him, and found the driver wounded with arrows.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

British Dictionary definitions for charioteer

charioteer

noun

the driver of a chariot

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Word Origin and History for charioteer

charioteer

late 14c., from Old French charioteur, from charriot (see chariot). As a verb from 1802. Related: Charioteered; charioteering.