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chauf⋅feur
[shoh-fer, shoh-fur] 
fər
–noun
| 1. | a person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner. |
| 2. | a person employed to drive a car or limousine that transports paying passengers. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur. |
| 4. | to transport by car: Saturday mornings I have to chauffeur the kids to their music lessons. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to work as a chauffeur: He chauffeured for a time right after the war. |
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| chauf·feur (shō'fər, shō-fûr') n. One employed to drive a private automobile. v. chauf·feured, chauf·feur·ing, chauf·feurs v. tr.
To serve as a driver for another. [French, stoker, from chauffer, to heat, stoke, from Old French chaufer; see chafe.] |
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Chauffeur
Chauf`feur"\, n. [F., lit., stoker.]1. [pl.] (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money. 2. One who manages the running of an automobile; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle.
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Language Translation for : chauffeur
Spanish:
chófer, chofer,
German:
der Fahrer,
Japanese:
おかかえ運転手
chauffeur
1899, originally "a motorist," from Fr., lit. "stoker," operator of a steam engine, Fr. nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from O.Fr. chaufer (see chafe). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. Sense of "professional or paid driver of a private motor car" is from 1902. The verb is first attested 1917.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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