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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

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Recent Examples of chauffeur
Noun
Back were the villas and the apartments, the chauffeurs and the mistresses swaddled in foreign luxury. Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025 Choi was reported missing on the night of February 21, 2023, by her second husband, Chris Tam, and Choi’s mother, Cheung Yin-fa, several hours after she was last seen getting into a white Toyota minivan driven by her former brother-in-law, Anthony Kwong, who was working as her chauffeur. Eric Wilson, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
Later that afternoon, Raymond chauffeured us around the rest of Rurutu, pointing out dozens of species of fruit trees. Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 Travelers are chauffeured, typically in a high-end BMW, directly to (or from) the aircraft door. Chris Dong, Robb Report, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for chauffeur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauffeur
Noun
  • The Ram's driver, Kolton Blees, 30, of Pearcy was injured, the report says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The last American driver to win an F1 race was Mario Andretti in the late 1970s.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As reported by Newsweek, another viral video showed a young passenger on a domestic U.S. flight darting up the aisle to the galley while the plane was still taxiing.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • The plane was able to taxi and park without further incident.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • One he got replaced at the shop and the second was made for him by a lathe operator.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That's an amazing act of faith for one operator to guarantee the profit of another operator.
    Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Chauffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauffeur. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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