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/ʃoʊfˈər/ /ʃˈoʊfər/ Listen

noun

Chauffeur n.

(pl.) (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.

One who manages the running of an automobile or limousine; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle.

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Etymology of 'Chauffeur'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chauffeur" Quotes from Famous Books

... on the West Side, not far from Riverside Drive; and in addition to the use of this she had an income of eight thousand a year—which was not enough to make possible a chauffeur, nor even to dress decently, but only enough to keep in debt upon. Such as the income was, however, she was willing to share it with me. So there opened before me a new profession— and a new insight into ...

— Sylvia's Marriage • Upton Sinclair

... "of the Simple Life and the Strenuous Life as lived by our little set. We're all really dependent in nearly everything, and we all make a fuss about being independent in something. The Prime Minister prides himself on doing without a chauffeur, but he can't do without a factotum and Jack-of-all-trades; and poor old Bunker has to play the part of a universal genius, which God knows he was never meant for. The duke prides himself on doing without a valet, but, for all ...

— The Man Who Knew Too Much • G.K. Chesterton

... to Gilbert, and Henry and Jimphy were together with their backs to the chauffeur. She did not appear to be tired nor had the sparkle of her beautiful eyes diminished. She lay against the padded back of the car and chattered in an inconsequent fashion that was oddly amusing. She did not listen to replies that were made to her questions, ...

— Changing Winds - A Novel • St. John G. Ervine

... was a German couple and there were some French-speaking people; the rest of us were bound in the tie of our common English. The agent of the enterprise accompanied us, an international of undetermined race, and beside the chauffeur sat the middle-aged, anxious-looking Italian who presently arose when we made our first stop in the Piazza Colonna and harangued us in three languages—successively, of course—concerning the Column of Marcus Aurelius. He did not use the megaphone of his American confrere; and from ...

— Roman Holidays and Others • W. D. Howells

... to do. Usually, so far as they have an ambition, it is to do something more or less spectacular that seems to have an element of adventure and not too disagreeable or hard; something like the work of a policeman, a chauffeur, or an employee in a garage. Still, first and last, most boys and most men have no opportunity for choosing an occupation. In fact, the boy is told that he is a man and must get a job long before he knows that he is a man or begins to feel responsibilities, ...

— Crime: Its Cause and Treatment • Clarence Darrow

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