Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Possibly the most famous fountain in the world, the Trevi Fountain is a Baroque masterpiece depicting Neptune atop a chariot pulled by sea horses.—As of the writing of this story, the oldest clearly identified remains of the modern domestic horse, Equus caballus, date back only as far as about 2000 B.C.

Definition of chariot. What does the word chariot mean? Find synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of the word chariot in our free online dictionary! Find words starting with chariot and anagrams of chariot. Lookup chariot in the Scrabble Dictionary. Chariot - 5 definitions - noun: 1.

noun

• 1A two-wheeled vehicle drawn by horses, used in ancient racing and warfare.

  • ‘As we moved through the shadows, we slipped into an ancient world of horses, chariots and camels.’
  • ‘They imported chariots and horses from Egypt and traded them on to the Neo-Hittite and Aramean kingdoms to their north and northeast.’
  • ‘He expresses the desire to retreat and Aeneas chastises him offering his own chariot as a vehicle.’
  • ‘The moons of Mars are named for the mythical horses that drew the chariot of Mars, the god of war.’
  • ‘Morgan emphasizes that these scenes show horses and chariots, the earliest such representations in fresco.’

• 2historical A four-wheeled carriage with back seats and a coachman's seat.Battle bears overclock.

  • ‘Also featured is a four-wheeled Thracian chariot.’
  • ‘We see men herding horses and driving horse-drawn chariots.’
  • ‘Arriving and departing for the wedding the bride and groom looked gleeful in their horse drawn chariot with driver in full regale.’
  • ‘These were two horse chariots which carried a driver and bowman.’
  • ‘No one had yet thought to build chariots or ride horses.’

• 3literary A stately or triumphal carriage.

  • ‘When he picked the man up, he arrived in a horse drawn chariot, which he drove himself.’
  • ‘If they rode in on a real horse, I had a golden chariot drawn by two horses.’
  • ‘We reached the gate, where an elegant chariot pulled by two horses stood, and the pharaoh stood beside them.’

verb

• Convey in or as in a chariot.

  • ‘Houses are being broken into and sacked, people are injuring each other indiscriminantly, and decent folks are charioting themselves out of town with scant success.’
  • ‘His body was unmarked and perfected from combat and charioting.’

Origin

Late Middle English from Old French, augmentative of char ‘cart’, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.