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chauffeur

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

1chauf·feur

noun \ˈshō-fər, shō-ˈ\

Definition of CHAUFFEUR

: a person employed to drive a motor vehicle

Origin of CHAUFFEUR

French, literally, stoker, from chauffer to heat, from Old French chaufer — more at chafe
First Known Use: 1899

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

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