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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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Recent Examples of chauffeur
Noun
So cab driver, chauffeur, or trucker. Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 For 51 years, Lawrence Bennett served Augusta National as a chauffeur, green jacket cremator and keeper of club secrets. Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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 The robotaxi chauffeurs teens around Phoenix and Los Angeles without concerns of a driver becoming distracted or acting inappropriately. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chauffeur
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Noun
  • The price of gasoline at multiyear highs could push drivers to curtail discretionary spending, Stahle said.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • The driver and a passenger in the Infiniti, neither of whom were wearing seat belts, were pronounced dead at the scene, the CHP said.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • The airline said the plane landed safely and taxied to the gate.
    Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Perhaps the oddest transgression was when a woman broke a law that went into effect more than 30 years ago, lighting up a cigarette while the plane was still taxiing at FLL.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The passenger responded to an email from the ship’s operator informing passengers of the health event and checked himself in at a hospital.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • The downloadable content includes two operator skins, weapon blueprints, charms and other cosmetic items, along with experience boosts.
    Kennedy French, Variety, 6 May 2026

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“Chauffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauffeur. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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