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driver

noun
/ˈdɹaɪ.və/UK/ˈdɹaɪvɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).

  1. inherited from drivere

Definitions

  1. One who drives something.

    • Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]

  2. Something that drives something else.

    • The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.

  3. A surname.

    • Blank's former girlfriend Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), whom he jilted in high school, now works as a radio DJ.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

    2. A neighbourhood in the city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States.

    3. An inner suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.

The neighborhood

Derived

back-seat driver, blip driver, bus driver, cab driver, cabdriver, camel driver, cattle driver, chauffeur driver, coach driver, codriver, combine driver, crane driver, daily driver, Death Valley driver, designated driver, device driver, drabi, drink-driver, drink driver, driver ant, driver-ant, driver-boom, driveress, driver fatigue, driverless, driver licence, driverly, driver-only operation, driver reviver, driver's education, driverside, driver's license, driver transistor, driver tube, driver valve, driver-yard, drug driver, drunk driver, engine driver, getaway driver · +42 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at driver. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01driver02drives03drive04compel05subdue06country07countryside08suburban09automobile

A definitional loop anchored at driver. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at driver

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA