A person who operates or drives a chariot; an archaic or obsolete term for a charioteer.
From 'charet' (a chariot) with agent suffix '-er.' This rare variant form shows an alternative path of word formation that died out in favor of 'charioteer,' the standard term.
Language competitions between words are real—'charioteer' won out over 'chareter' because it sounded more impressive and classical. Sometimes the longer, more elaborate word wins not because it's better but because it sounds more dignified.
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