Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One employed to drive a private automobile.
- intransitive verb To serve as a driver for (another).
- intransitive verb To transport in (a motor vehicle); drive.
- intransitive verb To serve as a driver for another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The driver of an automobile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.
- noun One who manages the running of an automobile or limousine; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person employed to
drive a privatemotor car or a hired car ofexecutive orluxury class (like alimousine ). - noun firefighting The
driver of afire truck . - verb intransitive To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
- verb transitive To
transport (someone) in a motor car.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- verb drive someone in a vehicle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In the front seats sit hired drivers nobody uses the term chauffeur anymore.
Bonus Post: Global Warning Rage, Manhattan Style GreenFertility 2007
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In the front seats sit hired drivers nobody uses the term chauffeur anymore.
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They aren't the bureaucrats who go to work on the Metro but rather the men and women who go to work in chauffeur-driven limousines, jet around the country in Gulfstream G-Vs, and make more on the first day of the year, before lunch, than a minimum wage worker makes all year long.
Robert Creamer: Wall Street Hopes to Use Republicans to Re-Purchase Congress Robert Creamer 2010
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They aren't the bureaucrats who go to work on the Metro but rather the men and women who go to work in chauffeur-driven limousines, jet around the country in Gulfstream G-Vs, and make more on the first day of the year, before lunch, than a minimum wage worker makes all year long.
Robert Creamer: Wall Street Hopes to Use Republicans to Re-Purchase Congress Robert Creamer 2010
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Rival bloggers at the Republican think tanks around town will soon be commuting work in chauffeur limos, while Matt is struggling to make payments on his bicycle.
Matthew Yglesias » The Republican Party’s Requited Love for Large Banks 2010
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The French chauffeur is known to have protested against being made to drive a king in such a piece of old iron.
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The chauffeur from the Canadian Military Mission, my guide on that shopping tour, told me his sister had had a pair of shoes on order for a year and a half, and was still waiting for them.
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The French chauffeur is known to have protested against being made to drive a king in such a piece of old iron.
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Well, I don't know that it matters – only a note has just come out from Anderson, and his chauffeur is waiting for an answer.
Mates at Billabong 1911
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When supper was over he called his chauffeur so that I might see Buffalo by moonlight.
Out of the Ditch; A True Story of an Ex-Slave J. Vance Lewis 1910
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