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[ shoh-fer, shoh-fur ] / ˈʃoʊ fər, ʃoʊˈfɜr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chauffeur ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner. a person employed to drive a car or limousine that transports paying passengers. verb (used with object)to drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur. to transport by car: Saturday mornings I have to chauffeur the kids to their music lessons. verb (used without object)to work as a chauffeur: He chauffeured for a time right after the war. Origin of chauffeur1895–1900; <French, equivalent to chauff(er) to heat (see chafe) + -eur-eur OTHER WORDS FROM chauffeurun·chauf·feured, adjectivewell-chauffeured, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH chauffeurchauffeur , shofarWords nearby chauffeurChaucer, Chaucer, Geoffrey, Chaucerian, chaudfroid, chauffer, chauffeur, chauffeuse, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra oil, Chaumont, Chauncey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chauffeurBut soon after, I remember feeling very, very stoned and asking his chauffeur to take me back to the car. Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The apartment was given to the chauffeur of Lavrenti Beria, the head of the NKVD. When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST It just shocked me, I swear I would have a chauffeur if I could ever afford one. The Price of Being a Patton: Wrestling With the Legacy of America’s Most Famous General|Tim Teeman|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST He welcomes her to L.A. with a chauffeur and a room at The Beverly Hills Hotel stuffed with cuddly Disney characters. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Reveals the Battle Over Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’|Nico Hines|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They showed the chauffeur, Henri Paul, had lost control before he entered the tunnel at 75 miles an hour. Tina Brown: No, Conspiracy Theorists, Princess Diana Was Not Murdered|Tina Brown|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST It came; and—self-conscious, as if he were being married himself—he directed the chauffeur where to drive. Vision House|C. N. Williamson The man Charles there, who calls himself a chauffeur of experience, declares that we are what he calls 'hung up'! The Hillman|E. Phillips Oppenheim But no other was needed, for the chauffeur knew who it was with Arethusa, and all about him. The Heart of Arethusa|Francis Barton Fox Mr. Markheim had not expected us for another week and so hadn't been at the hotel to meet us, but was sending his chauffeur. It Pays to Smile|Nina Wilcox Putnam The machine slowed down, as though 1he chauffeur, in doubt, awaited the outcome of the discussion. The Eyes of the World|Harold Bell Wright
British Dictionary definitions for chauffeur
nouna person employed to drive a car verbto act as driver for (a person)he chauffeured me to the stadium; he chauffeurs for the Duke Derived forms of chauffeurchauffeuse (ʃəʊˈfɜːz), fem nWord Origin for chauffeurC20: from French, literally: stoker, from chauffer to heat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chauffeurcabdriver |