chauffeur
nounEtymology
From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.
- borrowed from chauffeur
Definitions
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury…
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.
- 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
- I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur
The driver of a fire truck.
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
- "Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life."
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To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts…
A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA