Chauffeur
noun
A person employed to drive a private or rented car.
He hired a chauffeur to drive him around the city.
Often appears as...
- personal chauffeur
- hired chauffeur
verb
To drive someone around in a car as their job.
He chauffeured her around town during her visit.
noun
A person employed to drive a private or rented car.
He hired a chauffeur to drive him around the city.
Often appears as...
- personal chauffeur
- hired chauffeur
verb
To drive someone around in a car as their job.
He chauffeured her around town during her visit.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Job Title
Often indicates a luxury or formal context where a professional driver is employed.
The celebrity arrived at the event with her personal chauffeur.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxis
A chauffeur is typically associated with driving private or luxurious vehicles, unlike taxi drivers.
As a wealthy executive, Martin has a chauffeur-driven limousine.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to someone steering steam engines; now, it implies driving luxury vehicles.
His grandfather worked as a chauffeur in the early 20th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Title
Often indicates a luxury or formal context where a professional driver is employed.
The celebrity arrived at the event with her personal chauffeur.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxis
A chauffeur is typically associated with driving private or luxurious vehicles, unlike taxi drivers.
As a wealthy executive, Martin has a chauffeur-driven limousine.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to someone steering steam engines; now, it implies driving luxury vehicles.
His grandfather worked as a chauffeur in the early 20th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Title
Often indicates a luxury or formal context where a professional driver is employed.
The celebrity arrived at the event with her personal chauffeur.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxis
A chauffeur is typically associated with driving private or luxurious vehicles, unlike taxi drivers.
As a wealthy executive, Martin has a chauffeur-driven limousine.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Originally referred to someone steering steam engines; now, it implies driving luxury vehicles.
His grandfather worked as a chauffeur in the early 20th century.
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Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
when i first started this project i kept reading about this chauffeur's hat that black people would pretend to be chauffeur to help them get out of situations with law enforcement and i asked my stepdad one day i said is this true and he said yeah he said it happened to him when he was a child riding in the back seat of
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The future race car --...
on your car in the future that would take us a long step along the road to autonomous vehicles that drive as well as the best humans but it's made us think a little bit more deeply as well do we want something more from our car than to simply be a chauffeur do we want
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Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
It's like, if I just sit, that's my command. Then I have my own personal doorman, chauffeur, masseuse, chef and waiter." And now the dog's really happy. And this, to me, is always what training is. So we really motivate the dog to want to do it,
Video examples
Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
when i first started this project i kept reading about this chauffeur's hat that black people would pretend to be chauffeur to help them get out of situations with law enforcement and i asked my stepdad one day i said is this true and he said yeah he said it happened to him when he was a child riding in the back seat of
Video examples
The future race car --...
on your car in the future that would take us a long step along the road to autonomous vehicles that drive as well as the best humans but it's made us think a little bit more deeply as well do we want something more from our car than to simply be a chauffeur do we want
Video examples
Ian Dunbar: Dog-friendly...
It's like, if I just sit, that's my command. Then I have my own personal doorman, chauffeur, masseuse, chef and waiter." And now the dog's really happy. And this, to me, is always what training is. So we really motivate the dog to want to do it,
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Quote examples
Paul McCartney
English Singer
When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
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Dennis Lehane
American Author
I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.
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Charlene Tilton
American Actress
I get her to school, we do homework at night, and at this age, their social calendars are really quite hectic. She's not driving yet, so I end up chauffeuring her around.
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Shenaz Treasury
American Actress
My sister and I were driving at night and were followed by guys on a bike. It was a terrifying experience. The ordeal made us start a chauffeur service.
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Eileen Ford
American Businesswoman
I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Restrictions on mobility will be removed as cars become driverless. We'll be chauffeured, basically.
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Thomas Beecham
English Composer
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
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Leo Sayer
English Musician
I was never really keen to drive. I was always chauffeured around.
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Don Meredith
American Athlete
When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.
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Lillie Langtry
British Actress
My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.
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Paul McCartney
English Singer
When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
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Dennis Lehane
American Author
I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.
Quote examples
Charlene Tilton
American Actress
I get her to school, we do homework at night, and at this age, their social calendars are really quite hectic. She's not driving yet, so I end up chauffeuring her around.
Quote examples
Shenaz Treasury
American Actress
My sister and I were driving at night and were followed by guys on a bike. It was a terrifying experience. The ordeal made us start a chauffeur service.
Quote examples
Eileen Ford
American Businesswoman
I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.
Quote examples
Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Restrictions on mobility will be removed as cars become driverless. We'll be chauffeured, basically.
Quote examples
Thomas Beecham
English Composer
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
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Leo Sayer
English Musician
I was never really keen to drive. I was always chauffeured around.
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Don Meredith
American Athlete
When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.
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Lillie Langtry
British Actress
My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.
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