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单词 charioteer
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charioteernoun [ C ]

uk/ˌtʃær.i.əˈtɪər/us/ˌtʃer.i.əˈtɪr/

a person who drives a chariot

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Ancient history: before 500 AD

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Examples from literature

  • Not long ago his own charioteer was slain in battle, and there is none equal unto the one slain that can act as my brother's charioteer. 
  • The Greeks even personified the sun as a divine charioteer driving his fiery steeds over the steep of heaven, until he bathed them at evening in the western waves. 
  • The charioteer, however, without taking any note of the force of those arrows, continued to go along the right. 
  • They drove as competing charioteers on the race-course. 
  • They usually carried two warriors, both standing, and the charioteer, or driver, was generally the companion or friend, and not the servant, of the fighters who stood behind him. 
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