charioteer

American  

[char-ee-uh-teer] / ˌtʃær i əˈtɪər /

noun

1. a chariot driver.

2. Astronomy. Charioteer, the constellation Auriga.

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charioteer British  

/ ˌtʃærɪəˈtɪə /

noun

1. the driver of a chariot

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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

In George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” Chris Hemsworth zips around a wasteland like a heavy-metal charioteer, while in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” Adam Driver plays a guy named Cesar.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

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

That image captures Flynn’s challenge: how to build an orderly national security process led by a whip-cracking charioteer.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2017

"Wait. Cyrus the Great is at my shrine right now. I could command him to battle Nergal. He's the best charioteer in the netherworld."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda