charioteer

English

a charioteer

Alternative forms

• (noun): charioter

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur (“charioteer”) and charretier (“coachman”). By surface analysis, chariot +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɪɹ

Noun

charioteer (plural charioteers)

1. A person who drives a chariot.

Derived terms

• charioteeress
• charioteership

 

Translations

person who drives a chariot

• Catalan: cotxer (ca) m, auriga m
• Coptic: ⲏⲛⲓⲟⲭⲟⲥ (ēniokhos)
• Czech: vozataj (cs) m
• Dutch: wagenmenner (nl) m
• Finnish: sotavaunujen ajaja
• French: aurige (fr) m
• Galician: cocheiro (gl) m, auriga (gl) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἡνίοχος m (hēníokhos), ἱππότης m (hippótēs)

• Hindi: सारथी (hi) f (sārthī)
• Indonesian: kusir (id)
• Irish: carbadóir m
• Latin: aurīga m, essedārius m (a gladiator charioteer)
• Malayalam: സാരഥി (ml) (sārathi)
• Old English: wæġnere m
• Polish: kierowca rydwanu m, woźnica (pl) m, furman (pl) m, wozak m
• Russian: возни́чий (ru) m (vozníčij)
• Spanish: cochero (es) m, auriga (es) m
• Tamil: தேரோட்டி (ta) (tērōṭṭi)
• Telugu: సారధి (te) (sāradhi)

Verb

charioteer (third-person singular simple present charioteers, present participle charioteering, simple past and past participle charioteered)

1. (intransitive) To drive a chariot.
2. (transitive) To drive someone in a chariot.