chauffeur
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5.9
- noun
- /ʃoʊˈfɜr/
:
chófer
- The wealthy businessman always travels with a chauffeur who drives him to meetings.
- chauffeur-driven car
- chauffeur-driven limousine
- chauffeur-driven
The School of Instruction offers a course for chauffeurs of Rolls Royce and Bentley cars.
- The School of Instruction offers a course for chauffeurs of Rolls Royce and Bentley cars.
- My ex mother-in-law was kidnapped by her chauffeur and kept in the shed for three days.
- In fact, most states now are proposing a separate driver's license so that you would, just as you have a chauffeur's license, you have a bus license.
- If you were somehow needed your parents to to shepherd you to places, you know, they were like I'm not a chauffeur.
- He goes, all the chauffeurs are going for a piss and go.
- But if you are one of the lucky few who can afford a chauffeur driver.
- Plus he was I'd, you know, the fact that you had the chauffeur, he could ID him, the SAS bodyguard, you know, he probably had a memory like yours.
Examples
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I, I could hire a chauffeur, but I like to drive.
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The last time I saw my sister, she took me for a ride in her chauffeur-driven Cadillac.
Fiction book (1993) -
Am l looking at another day of chauffeur duty?
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You expect me to be your chauffeur?
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I could hear the chauffeur, on the other side of the house, returning with the car.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Yet she had a chauffeur to drive her to school because of her father's status."
Academic text (2010) -
He was the son of my mother's chauffeur.
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In the meantime, the chauffeur had exited the car and stood ready by the passenger door.
Fiction book (1997) -
They've got three automobiles here and an electric, and the chauffeur said we could use them whenever we wanted.
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The ambassador sighed heavily, glanced at his watch, and tapped the chauffeur on his shoulder.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who controls a car or bus
2
6.8
The main person who drives a car or boat for other people
1
5.5
A person who drives a taxi or hired car and gets paid
A woman who drives a private or hired car for other people
A person who drives a vehicle in a parade or formal event
Antonyms
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chauffeur comes from the French word chauffer, which means 'to heat', and it first referred to the man who kept early steam engines hot. So, because those men also drove the first cars, chauffeur became the word for a person who drives someone as a job.