Căr, n.
n. [O. Fr. car, char, now only char, Pr. car, from Lat. carrus, a four-wheeled wagon, a Celtic word in Latin, W. cār, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr, allied to Ger. karr, karren.]
Sense 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels.
Sense 2. A carriage for running on the rails of a railway. [U. S.]
Sense 3. A chariot of war or of triumph. See millions crowding the gilded car. Prior. The gilded car of day. Milton.
Sense 4. (Astron.) The constellation called Charles’s Wain, or the Bear. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden.
Synonyms—See TRAIN.
