chauffer

[chaw-fer] Example Sentences Origin

chauf·fer

[chaw-fer]
noun
a small, portable stove.

Origin:
1815–25; variant of obsolete chafer, Middle English chafer (see chafe, -er1), probably influenced by + French chauffoir heater
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Chauffer is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example Sentences
  • One pilot per car, but still cheaper than a chauffer or even a taxi.
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chauffer or chaufer (ˈtʃɔːfə)
 
n
a small portable heater or stove
 
[C19: from French chauffoir, from chauffer to heat]
 
chaufer or chaufer
 
n
 
[C19: from French chauffoir, from chauffer to heat]

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chauffer
"small portable stove," 1825, variant of chafer, agent noun from chafe; form infl. by Fr. chauffoir "a heater," from chauffer "to heat," which also is ult. from chafe (see chauffeur).
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