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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
As a student there, our daughter Grace crossed it for six years, usually with me as chauffeur. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Davidson was 18 and working as a chauffeur in real life, driving a guy around Staten Island. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 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
Noun
  • The driver lost control at the Francisquito Avenue off-ramp and slammed into a wall.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Davis officials said local police did not assist federal immigration agents during Thursday’s operation, although an officer issued a citation to a driver who was honking a car horn near Cowell Boulevard and Lillard Drive.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • After some back and forth with air traffic control, it was determined the KLM plane would taxi to the opposite end of the runway to get in the best position for takeoff.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The engines bellowed, and the plane started taxiing to the runway.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The electric motors deliver torque as soon as the operator moves the control stick.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • As an equipment operator himself, Pitcher said seeing the devastation firsthand was shocking.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

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“Chauffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauffeur. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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