charioteer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of charioteer
First recorded in 1300–50; chariot + -eer; replacing Middle English charietere, from Middle French charetier, equivalent to Old French charete “cart” ( char car 1 + -ete -ette ) + -ier -eer
Example Sentences
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Like Timothée Chalamet’s dashingly coifed hero — who steers monstrous sandworms over the desert like a charioteer — Villeneuve has tamed a Leviathan.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Acting as his charioteer, she saves his life, and Dasharath grants her two boons.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
What the Christians really worshiped and was part of Platonic idea, but it wasn't really, was the charioteer of rationality.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022
Architecture, he believes, belongs in the same company as the charioteer: “There’s historical proof it was considered as art. Somehow it got segued into not being, and being kind of run by commercial culture.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2019
The wood creaked as the passenger stepped off, leaving the charioteer to park the vehicle.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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