chauffeur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chauffeur noun Someone employed to drive a car for another person, often in a formal or luxury setting.
- driver noun A person who operates a vehicle.
- fireman noun Someone trained to fight fires (traditionally referring to a man).
- stoker noun A person who tends a fire or furnace, especially on a steamship or steam train.
Senses
chauffeur is used for these senses in English:
- chauffeur A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
- driver A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
- fireman (rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
- stoker A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
chauffeur — full definition
- noun Someone employed to drive a car for another person, often in a formal or luxury setting.
- verb To drive someone around as their driver.
driver — full definition
- noun A person who operates a vehicle.
- noun Software that lets a computer communicate with a piece of hardware.
- noun A golf club used to hit the ball a long distance from the tee.
- noun A factor or cause that leads to a particular result.