CHARIOTEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Charioteer mean? 

• CHARIOTEER (noun)
  The noun CHARIOTEER has 2 senses:

1. the driver of a chariot

2. a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way

  Familiarity information: CHARIOTEER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARIOTEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The driver of a chariot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("charioteer" is a kind of...):

driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)

Derivation:

chariot (a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage)

chariot (a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome)

chariot (ride in a chariot)

chariot (transport in a chariot)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Auriga; Charioteer

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (members of "Charioteer"):

Capella (the brightest star in Auriga)

Epsilon Aurigae (the largest known star)