chauffeur

[ shoh-fer, shoh-fur ]

noun

1. a person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner.
2. a person employed to drive a car or limousine that transports paying passengers.

verb (used with object)

1. to drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur.
2. to transport by car:

   Saturday mornings I have to chauffeur the kids to their music lessons.

verb (used without object)

1. to work as a chauffeur:

   He chauffeured for a time right after the war.

chauffeur

/ ˈʃəʊfə; ʃəʊˈfɜːz; ʃəʊˈfɜː /

noun

1. a person employed to drive a car

verb

1. to act as driver for (a person)

   he chauffeured me to the stadium

   he chauffeurs for the Duke

Derived Forms

• chauffeuse, noun:feminine

Other Words From

• un·chauffeured adjective
• well-chauffeured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chauffeur¹

1895–1900; < French, equivalent to chauff(er ) to heat ( chafe ) + -eur -eur

Word History and Origins

Origin of chauffeur¹

C20: from French, literally: stoker, from chauffer to heat

Example Sentences

Gray, whose portfolio includes sport, has been under fire after it emerged he had been chauffeured to six football matches at Hampden since becoming a minister, four of which included the team he supports.

From BBC

The Dons fan was driven by a chauffeur to watch three games at Hampden, as well as a home match.

From BBC

She said Mr McGregor collected her and a friend from the salon in a chauffeured car to go to another party.

From BBC

He visited construction sites driven in his father’s Cadillac by a Black chauffeur and accompanied his father on visits to building managers of Trump rental properties.

From Salon

“I remember being driven in a chauffeured limousine through the incredibly impressive entrance gates to Barrow Green Court and the long driveway up to a massive brick house,” she says.

From BBC