chauffeur

Etymology

Borrowed from French chauffeur.

noun

  1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
    He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine. 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
    Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur 1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.
  2. (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
  2. (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.

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