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† ˈchareter Obs.
Forms: 7 charrettier, chariter.
[a. OF. charetier, now charrettier, f. charete, charrette (prob. of Rom. age: cf. It. carrettiero, Sp. carretero).]
1. The driver of a ‘charet’; a charioteer.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 60 The charrettiers mingled themselves with the battel of the footmen. 1656Heylin Surv. France 14 There our chareter brought us to the ruines of an house.
2. (A horse) that draws a ‘charet’. rare—1. [F. cheval charrettier.]
1601F. Tate tr. Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §56 (1876) 41 A vallet herbergeour, who shal herberge the said horses, sommers, and chariters. |