as in drivers
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 chauffeurs
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Today, the hotel boasts a collection of Rolls-Royce (with chauffeurs, of course) that take guests to explore the region, whether to town or to the beach club.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Sean Swayze, a Houston native, was an entertainment Teamster – a member of the Teamsters Union including truck drivers and chauffeurs – according to People.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
After landing, baggage arrives in 10–15 minutes, while chauffeurs wait curbside.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Coachmen, grooms, chauffeurs and other staff also live on site, in apartments near the carriage houses and stables.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
And as Jazz chauffeurs Will and Carlton toward their new playgrounds, a stop brings the past and present together in a super-meta meeting of the Wills.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
Filler shots of chauffeurs, champagne and colossal walk-in closets with pristine designer clobber glistening and gleaming from glass shelves centred around trays and trays of priceless jewels assault the viewer’s senses between almost every scene.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In service jobs, Black workers labored as porters, chauffeurs, and servers; in manufacturing plants, white supremacist pseudoscience was harnessed to justify forcing Black workers to perform the most difficult and dangerous work.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
Educators and parents in the district have been working as chauffeurs, delivery drivers, bodyguards, and deterrence squads.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026
Today, the hotel boasts a collection of Rolls-Royce (with chauffeurs, of course) that take guests to explore the region, whether to town or to the beach club.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
Sean Swayze, a Houston native, was an entertainment Teamster – a member of the Teamsters Union including truck drivers and chauffeurs – according to People.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
After landing, baggage arrives in 10–15 minutes, while chauffeurs wait curbside.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
Coachmen, grooms, chauffeurs and other staff also live on site, in apartments near the carriage houses and stables.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
And as Jazz chauffeurs Will and Carlton toward their new playgrounds, a stop brings the past and present together in a super-meta meeting of the Wills.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
Filler shots of chauffeurs, champagne and colossal walk-in closets with pristine designer clobber glistening and gleaming from glass shelves centred around trays and trays of priceless jewels assault the viewer’s senses between almost every scene.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
In service jobs, Black workers labored as porters, chauffeurs, and servers; in manufacturing plants, white supremacist pseudoscience was harnessed to justify forcing Black workers to perform the most difficult and dangerous work.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauffeurs
drivers
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That was magnified by the sector-wide struggles of the film and TV businesses, which made Disney’s parks and experiences and consumer products units the single biggest drivers of revenue and profits.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Traffic was being diverted at Sheldon Road, but drivers were asked to use Interstate 5 to divert around the crash.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Chauffeurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauffeurs. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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