chauffeur

noun
/ʃɒˈfɜː/UK/ʃoʊˈfɝ/US

Etymology

From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.

  1. borrowed from chauffeur

Definitions

  1. 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
  2. The driver of a fire truck.

  3. 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."
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.

    2. 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.

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