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noun

Definition of chauffeurnext
as in driver
a person whose job is to drive people around in a car told the chauffeur to pull the limousine up to the hotel's front entrance

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verb

as in to taxi

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Recent Examples of chauffeur
Noun
What if that got replaced by a chauffeur, caviar, spa treatments and a more expeditious TSA service? — Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Blake Lively reportedly had her chauffeur bring her bespoke mah-jongg set to a long day of court during her suit against her former co-star Justin Baldoni. — Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Verb
Watch your speed The club had three station wagons and a long blue limousine when Bennett began chauffeuring at age 17. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 Going out on the town is easy with the hotel’s courtesy car service, which chauffeurs guests within a three-mile radius from late afternoon to late evening. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chauffeur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauffeur
  1. driver
  2. taxi
  3. operator
Noun
  • The drivers are aging demographics, a growing short- and long-sighted population, and the smart eyewear boom; Euromonitor predicts a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 2030 for the latter.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 July 2026
  • Nearby, Ahmado, a 42-year-old sewage truck driver, was at work when the same attack struck a group of water trucks.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
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Verb
  • The engines bellowed, and the plane started taxiing to the runway.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
  • American Airlines said the tire issue occurred while the plane was taxiing to the gate.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Definition of taxi
Noun
  • The operator allegedly made more than $90,000 in profits on the trades, although most of that money was frozen by Kalshi after the bets were flagged as suspicious.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Atlantia was the controlling shareholder in motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia at the time of the disaster which killed 43 ​people when their vehicles plunged from the flyover.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
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