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driver (drī′vər)

noun

  1. a person who drives; specif.,
    1. one who drives an automobile, team of horses, etc.
    2. one who herds cattle
  2. a thing that drives; specif.,
    1. a mallet, hammer, etc.
    2. Golf a wood with little loft, used in hitting the ball from the tee: also called number one wood
    3. any machine part that communicates motion to another part
driver Idioms

the driver's seat

the position of control or dominance

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driver Synonyms

driver

n.

chauffeur, motorist, operator, licensed operator, coachman, whip; bus driver, truck driver, cabdriver, four-in-hand driver, etc.; teamster, trucker, busman, person in the driver's seat, speeder, motorman, wagoner, charioteer, muleteer, autoist*, cabby*, hack*, road hog*, hit-and-runner*, joy rider*, mule skinner*, jitney jockey*.


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driver Usage Examples

Possessives

  • license: Increase your chances dramatically of passing, and gaining your driver's license!

Preposition: of

  • vehicle: Drivers of heavy goods vehicles have to obtain an additional license, with a suitable test for new applicants.

Converse of object

  • install: You do not need to install the drivers in the other computers.

Adjective modifier

  • f1: Remember that we are the heros not those athletes, F1 drivers or whoever.

Noun used with modifier

  • taxi: You play Tommy Angelo, a 1930's taxi driver in the fictional city of Lost Heaven who crosses paths with the Mafia.
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driver quotes

He did not seem to care which way he travelled providing he was in the driver's seat.

-Baron

Do people who wave at trains Wave at the driver, or at the train itself? Or, do people who wave at trains Wave at the passengers? Those hurtling strangers, The unidentifiable flying faces?

-McGough, Roger

I'm hitting the driver so good,Igotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.

-Trevino, Lee Buck

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