chauffeur

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

Rhymes with CHAUFFEUR

as per, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, Big Sur, Bonheur, chasseur, claqueur, coiffeur, concur, confer, Crèvecoeur, danseur, defer, demur, deter, douceur, du jour, farceur, flaneur, frondeur, hauteur, him/her, his/her, incur, infer, inter, jongleur, larkspur, liqueur, longspur, masseur, millefleur, occur, Pasteur, poseur, prefer, recur, refer, sandbur, sandspur, seigneur, transfer, voyeur, white fir

²chauffeur

verb

chauf·feuredchauf·feur·ing \ˈshō-f(ə-)riŋ, shō-ˈfər-iŋ\

Definition of CHAUFFEUR

intransitive verb

: to do the work of a chauffeur

transitive verb

1

: to transport in the manner of a chauffeur <chauffeurs the children to school>

2

: to operate (as an automobile) as chauffeur

Examples of CHAUFFEUR

1. He chauffeurs for a millionaire.
2. She was chauffeured to the airport.
3. He chauffeured his client to the hotel.

First Known Use of CHAUFFEUR

1917