chauffeur
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From French chauffeur.
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chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)
- A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
- (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.
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As the French word chauffeur has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress.
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a person employed to drive a motor car
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fire truck driver
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- (both senses): driver
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chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured)
- (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
- (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor car.
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intransitive: to be, or act as a chauffeur
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transitive: to transport someone in a motor car
[edit] Dutch
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chauffeur (file)
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chauffeur m.
- driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)
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Audio (file)
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chauffeur m. (plural chauffeurs)
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- chauffeuse f.
