Obs. [ad. L. essedārius, f. essedum: see prec. and -ARY.] A fighter in a (Gaulish) war-chariot.

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a. 1470.  Tiptoft, Caesar, iv. (1530), 4. Theyr essedaryes … be men of armys fighting uppon charyotts.

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1656–81.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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1775.  in Ash.

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