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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chauffeur" Quotes from Famous Books

... Froissart was waiting with the huge crate of toys. It was hoisted onto the front seat beside the chauffeur, who, far from grumbling at its size, was most solicitous in placing it so that it would not jar. "We mustn't break the dolls," he said with a wink. Arriving at the station he insisted upon carrying it to the baggage room for us. "Hey, ...

— Where the Sabots Clatter Again • Katherine Shortall

... Ess Kay to her mecanicien, a very young man with eyes that looked positively ill with intelligence, and a way of snapping out "all right" when she spoke to him that would make Stan sit up with surprise if his chauffeur did it. ...

— Lady Betty Across the Water • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... street with a tail of white papers floating and eddying out behind. The late passerby stooped to pick them up; the patrols around bonfires on the corners ran out with uplifted arms to catch them. Sometimes armed men loomed up ahead, crying "Shtoi!" and raising their guns, but our chauffeur only yelled something unintelligible and ...

— Ten Days That Shook the World • John Reed

... saying they use hereabouts. I'm from Norfolk myself," said Madden. "They're an independent lot in this county. She took you for a chauffeur, Sir." ...

— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling

... honey-comb in the body of a dead lion." To-day this sort of riddle survives in such a form as, "Why does a chicken cross the road?" to which most people give the answer, "To get to the other side;" though the correct reply is, "To worry the chauffeur." It has degenerated into the conundrum, which is usually based on a mere pun. For example, we have been asked from our infancy, "When is a door not a door?" and here again the answer usually furnished ("When it is a-jar") is not the correct one. It should ...

— The Canterbury Puzzles - And Other Curious Problems • Henry Ernest Dudeney

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