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noun
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The driver of a fire truck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: firefighting, government
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Synonyms: engineer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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verb
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: transport, bring, shuttle
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noun
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: driver
Narrower terms: chauffeuse
verb
drive someone in a vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drive around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drive
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h1éh1yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur.
From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.
Across languages
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
