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chauffeur

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noun

chauf·​feur ˈshō-fər How to pronounce chauffeur (audio) shō-ˈfər How to pronounce chauffeur (audio)
: a person employed to drive a motor vehicle

chauffeur

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verb

chauffeured; chauffeuring ˈshō-f(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce chauffeur (audio)
shō-ˈfər-iŋ

intransitive verb

: to do the work of a chauffeur
chauffeured for a millionaire

transitive verb

1
: to transport in the manner of a chauffeur
chauffeurs the children to school
2
: to operate (something, such as an automobile) as chauffeur
chauffeur a limousine

Did you know?

The first chauffeurs were people employed to stoke a steam engine and keep it running. The literal meaning of the French noun chauffeur (from the verb chauffer, meaning "to heat") is "one that heats." In the early days of automobiles, French speakers extended the word to those who drove the "horseless carriage," and it eventually developed an extended sense specifically for someone hired to drive other people. It was this latter sense that was borrowed into English in the late 19th century. Incidentally, the French word chauffeur derives from the same Anglo-French word that gave English speakers the verb chafe, and ultimately can be traced back to the Latin verb calēre ("to be warm").

Example Sentences

Verb He chauffeurs for a millionaire. She was chauffeured to the airport. He chauffeured his client to the hotel.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
By the early 1930s, the pair separated, though according to census records, Big Edie still employed a household staff, including a live-in cook, a chauffeur, two housekeepers, and a governess. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2022 Renting a car can cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars more, says Mario Medina, CEO of drvn, a technology and chauffeur service company. Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 The suited chauffeur holding two coffees for the couple to sip while taking them on a wild goose chase around London. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2022 But this isn't just a chauffeur special built to cater to the bigwigs or junior tyrants in back. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2022 The family ended up in Old Westbury, Long Island, where Sheene, Jr., owned a mansion that, according to a 1945 item in the Times, had twenty rooms, a garage with chauffeur’s quarters, stables, a squash court, and a tennis court. Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 And thrown in the middle is a chauffeur (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) tasked with driving two deadly women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) around for the night. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 His days now are spent as caregiver, chauffeur, financial planner and son. The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022 Designed for up to six guests, each trip begins with a door-to-dock chauffeur service from the Hamptons to either the Sag Harbor Marina or Gurney’s Star Island Marina in Montauk. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
Meanwhile London black cabs will be utilized to chauffeur the 48-player field to their starting holes for the 2 p.m. shotgun start. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 6 June 2022 On a very rare occasion, the vas deferens (the tubes that chauffeur sperm from the testicles to the urethra) can spontaneously reconnect, allowing sperm to schmooze with the semen again. Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2022 Also on board: Macy’s owner Isidor Straus and wife, Ida; industrialist Benjamin Guggenheim, with his mistress, valet and chauffeur; and J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of Titanic’s parent White Star Line. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2022 The unknown Frenchman, a waiter and chauffeur who had earned his place by winning a marathon in Scotland, had trained for three weeks at Princeton with the student cross-country team, who ran with him in relays. Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2022 The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER), another lunar rover, will not chauffeur people but instead will roam uncrewed around the moon’s south pole for 100 days in search of water ice. Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022 Hedge fund titans are paying taxes at lower rates than their clerical employees and the people who chauffeur their Bentleys. Peter Weber, The Week, 14 Sep. 2021 Because of safety regulations, the festival has assigned him a personal driver, a 23-year-old woman named Misaki (Tôko Miura, quietly spellbinding), to chauffeur him to and from his hotel. Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021 At the entrance sits the new Aviator and Navigator on display, while other examples are on hand to chauffeur guests to Coast Village Road in tony Montecito for shopping and exploration. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

French, literally, stoker, from chauffer to heat, from Old French chaufer — more at chafe

First Known Use

Noun

1899, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1917, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of chauffeur was in 1899

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