A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
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I can make money from the comfort of my sofa / So much drive, now I gotta get a chauffeur2024, “Hot One”, in King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 (Hip Hop), performed by Denzel Curry:
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
"Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 75:
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To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.
Chauffeur
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Etymology From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.
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Historical A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.