chauffeur
/'tʃoufə/
Definition
Noun:
- A person employed to drive a private automobile: A chauffeur is a professional driver hired to operate a vehicle for a private individual or family, typically providing a high level of service.
- A driver for hire: More broadly, it refers to someone whose paid job is to drive a car, often a luxury vehicle.
Verb:
- To drive (someone) in a vehicle as a chauffeur: The act of transporting someone in a car, performing the duties of a chauffeur.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- The company provided a chauffeur to drive the executives to the airport.
- She arrived at the gala in a limousine with a uniformed chauffeur.
Verb:
- He offered to chauffeur the guests to their hotel after the wedding.
- The celebrity was chauffeured around the city in a black SUV.
Advanced Usage
- "to be chauffeured": To be driven by a chauffeur, often in a passive construction.
- The diplomats were chauffeured to the summit in a secure motorcade.
Variants and Related Words
- Chauffeuse (noun, dated): A female chauffeur.
- Chauffeuring (noun/gerund): The profession or activity of working as a chauffeur.
- He took a job in chauffeuring for a luxury car service.
Synonyms
- Noun: Driver, private driver, limo driver, motorist (general).
- Verb: Drive, transport, ferry, convey.
Related Phrases
- "Chauffeur-driven" (adjective): Describing a vehicle that is operated by a chauffeur.
- They traveled in a chauffeur-driven car.
Notes on Meaning
- The term "chauffeur" strongly implies a professional, paid role, distinguishing it from simply being a "driver." It often connotes a formal or luxury service.
- As a verb, it is a transitive verb and is often used in formal or descriptive contexts.
Noun
-
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
Verb
-
drive someone in a vehicle
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