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The definition of a chauffeur is a person who drives others.
(noun)An example of a chauffeur is a limousine driver.
To chauffeur is defined as to provide transportation to another person.
(verb)An example of to chauffeur is to drive a young couple to the movies because they are too young to have driver's licenses.
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See chauffeur in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
a person hired to drive a private automobile for someone else
Origin: Fr, lit., stoker (operator of a steam-driven car) < chauffer, to heat: see chafe
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to act as chauffeur to (someone)
See chauffeur in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
One employed to drive a private automobile.
verb chauf·feured, chauf·feur·ing, chauf·feurs verb, transitive- To serve as a driver for (another).
- To transport in (a motor vehicle); drive: chauffeured the guests around town.
To serve as a driver for another.
Origin:
Origin: French, stoker
Origin: , from chauffer, to heat, stoke
Origin: , from Old French chaufer; see chafe
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