chauffeur

/'tʃoufə/

Thân thiện

The chauffeur opens the car door for his passenger.

Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

Verb

1. drive someone in a vehicle

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