I. chauf‧feur¹ /ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː $ ˈʃoʊfər, ʃoʊˈfɜːr/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: 'person attending to the fire of a steam-driven vehicle, driver', from chauffer 'to heat']
someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else

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II. chauffeur² verb [transitive]

1. to drive a car for someone as your job

2. (also chauffeur somebody ↔ around) to drive someone in your car, especially when you do not want to:
I spent most of the day chauffeuring the kids around.

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chauffeur
noun
ADJ. uniformed
CHAUFFEUR + VERB drive (sb/sth) The chauffeur drove them straight to the theatre.
PHRASES chauffeur-driven The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine.
 ⇒ Note at JOB

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driver someone who regularly drives, or someone who is driving a car, train, etc at a particular time:
Car drivers now pay more than ever for fuel.
The coach was badly damaged, but the driver was unhurt.
motorist [usually plural] especially written someone who drives a car – used especially when talking about car drivers in general:
increased taxes on the motorist
Motorists who are caught speeding have to pay a heavy fine.
chauffeur someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else:
He was picked up by a chauffeur in a limousine.
trucker American English informal someone who drives a truck:
Mexico has no limit on how many hours truckers can drive daily.
road hog informal someone who drives dangerously, without considering the safety of other people on the road, for example by not letting other drivers pass:
Some road hogs drive at well below the speed limit, because they want to use their mobile phones.

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