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Chauffeur

Chauffeur

See also: chauffeur

English

Noun

Chauffeur (plural Chauffeurs)

  1. (historical) A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.

German

Etymology

Borrowing from French chauffeur.

Noun

Chauffeur m (genitive Chauffeurs, plural Chauffeure)

  1. chauffeur

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Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from French chauffeur.

Noun

Chauffeur m (plural Chauffeuren)

  1. driver, chauffeur

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chauffeur

chauffeur

See also: Chauffeur

English

Noun

chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)

  1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      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.
  2. (firefighting) The driver of a fire truck.

Usage notes

As the French word chauffeur has masculine gender, a female chauffeur is sometimes called a chauffeuse or, jocularly, a chauffeuress.

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Verb

chauffeur (third-person singular simple present chauffeurs, present participle chauffeuring, simple past and past participle chauffeured)

  1. (intransitive) To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
  2. (transitive) To transport (someone) in a motor car.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: chauf‧feur

Etymology

Borrowing from French chauffeur.

Noun

chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, diminutive chauffeurtje n)

  1. driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)

French

Etymology

chauffer + -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃo.fœʁ/
  • Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs, feminine chauffeuse)

  1. driver
    chauffeur de taxi
    taxi driver
  2. chauffeur

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Spanish

Noun

chauffeur m (plural chauffeurs)

  1. Alternative form of chofer