livery driver
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- noun
- /ˈlɪvəri ˈdraɪvər/
- US
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taxista
- She works as a livery driver, transporting clients around the city for various events.
Examples
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The service works similarly for livery drivers.
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If New York City banned all cars after the hurricane and only allowed city buses, taxi cabs, and livery drivers in Manhattan, would New York City be in the dire straits it is in right now?
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The livery driver picked up my friends from the airport after their long flight.
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After calling for a ride, the livery driver arrived promptly to take us to our destination.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who controls a car or bus
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1.0
A person who takes people around by bus
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1.0
A person who drives people in a taxi for money
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3.7
A person who drives a taxi
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1.0
A person who drives a taxi and takes people to where they want to go
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9.9
A person who drove a hired carriage or taxi in the past
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6.8
The main person who drives a car or boat for other people
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A person who drives a taxi
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2.5
A person who drives a boat that carries people or cars across water
A person who drives a taxi for a living
A person who takes people somewhere in a taxi for money
A person who drives a taxi as a job
A person who drives a horse-drawn carriage for hire
Surface Forms
Morphology
Livery denotes a service or provision for hire (originally stabling/boarding and by extension hired vehicles/uniform), so combined with 'driver' it compositionally points to a driver who provides hired transport. However, the sense of 'livery' is somewhat archaic/specialized and not transparent to many learners, so the specific occupational meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The noun livery driver may come from when people rented horses and carriages called livery, and a driver would take them where they wanted. That's why livery driver now means someone who drives a vehicle 'for hire'.