driver
53
5.8
- noun
- /ˈdraɪvər/
:
cochero
- In rural areas, a skilled horse driver is essential for transporting goods.
- camel driver
He wasn't content just to be a carriage driver.
- He wasn't content just to be a carriage driver.
Examples
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Kitchen eventually took a job as a driver with Goodwill Industries.
Academic text (2011) -
The salty, acrid odor of their effort drifted back to the driver on the wagon box.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was assigned to be his driver at the end of the war in Germany.
Fiction book (1995) -
Night after night, the driver was witness to all varieties of romance.
Fiction book (1992) -
Michael motioned for the driver to pull over and showed him the map.
Fiction book (1993) -
Several kept horses and probably partly earned their living as drivers and in illegal activities.
Academic text (1995) -
So he got a flight into Jordan and then hired a driver to drive him to Baghdad from Jordan.
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The stalks dropped off the side into a wagon whose driver matched his pace to the machine.
Fiction book (1993) -
Alexander Graver, a Missouri stage driver, died of cholera in 1849 ("Several cases" 2).
Academic text (2014) -
The donkey driver guided us carefully through the rocky terrain.
Synonyms
11
9.5
A man who drove a horse-drawn carriage in the past
5
9.1
A person who drives a sled pulled by dogs over snow
2
7.9
A person who drives a team of horses to pull a wagon
1
9.1
A person who drives a cart pulled by horses to carry goods
1
9.9
A person who drives a chariot in ancient races
1
9.9
A person who drives a horse cart to move goods
1
9.2
A person who drives a taxi
1
9.9
A person who drives and cares for mules as a job
1
9.9
A person who drives animals like mules to pull carts
A person who drives animals like horses to pull a wagon or plough
A person who drives and looks after a horse-drawn coach
A person who drives a horse-drawn carriage for hire
A person who drives a horse-drawn carriage for passengers
A person who leads mules to carry goods
A person who drives and cares for a group of mules
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.9
A small program that lets a computer use hardware like a printer or keyboard
- Specialized
1
6.8
A heavy machine that drives long posts into the ground for building foundations
- South African
1
9.1
A large tropical ant that moves in long lines and hunts other insects
- Specialized
1
4.2
A computer program that helps the operating system talk to the screen or graphics card
- Archaic
An old-fashioned name for a person who writes for a living, often doing simple forms
- US
A brown wading bird like a small heron that lives in reeds and makes a loud booming call
How Skilled
- Archaic
11
9.5
53
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Driver originally meant a person who drove animals like horses or oxen by urging them forward. That's why a driver can mean someone who controls the animals that pull a carriage or wagon.