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• n  a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage
• n  a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
• v  transport in a chariot
• v  ride in a chariot

• Around the track of Rome's great Foro Italico last week clattered three chariots, each drawn by two snorting, straining steeds.
• Devotees smash coconuts as offerings to the gods during the annual festival of the chariots in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Hebrew, the word "merkava" means chariot, and the Israeli tank known as Merkava 4 is a mighty, steel-plated chariot of war.

News & Articles

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• Red Bull gives you wings, or, wheels this time—Teams of three Greek gladiators race handmade chariots for last week’s ...
  Teams of three raced homemade vehicles for Red Bull and Vandal Friday Thursday night, unofficially bridging the gap between Greek and Residence Life students. These two-wheeled chariots ranged from trashcans to wheelbarrows, mop buckets to dog ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Argonaut
• Chariot seeks exploration extension for blocks offshore Morocco
  LONDON – Morocco’s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines and Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) (AIM:CHAR) have agreed on a six-month extension for Phase 1 exploration of the offshore Loukos, Casablanca, and Safi licenses.
  June 11, 2013 - Offshore Magazine
• Record heat gives way to storms, fire in Reno area (watch videos)
  A photo from RGJ reader Joanne Pilkington of the Chariot Fire north of Reno. She says the photo shows smoke from the Chariot Fire taken from the far north end of Red Rock Road and looking south.
  June 10, 2013 - Reno Gazette-Journal

Quotes

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• Lawrence Dallaglio in Rugby Football Union
  And 2003 World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio, who as a school boy sang backing vocals on Tina Turner's hit 'We don't need another hero', said, "I'd like to wish Blake every success with their version of Swing Low Sweet Chariot." "The song is...
• Zahi Hawass in Independent
  He was not murdered as many people thought. He had an accident when he was hunting in the desert. Falling from a chariot made this fracture in his left leg and this really is in my opinion how he died,said Zahi Hawass, general secretary of...
• Kamal Haasan in Hindu
  Can we imagine the sight of chariot hurtling down the Mount Road and people walking leisurely on the stretch? Our attempt is not towards making some money, it is recording the historic memory of Chennai,said Kamal Haasan, who is known for his...