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Driver   /drˈaɪvər/   Listen
Driver

noun
1.
The operator of a motor vehicle.
2.
Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle.
3.
A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver.
4.
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device.  Synonym: device driver.
5.
A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee.  Synonym: number one wood.



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"Driver" Quotes from Famous Books



... Walter Harper, the author's attendant and interpreter, dog driver in the winter and boat engineer in the summer for three years previous, no more need be said than that he ran Karstens close in strength, pluck, and endurance. Of the best that the mixed blood can produce, ...
— The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) - A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest - Peak in North America • Hudson Stuck

... a collapsible top, two double seats inside opposite each other, and a box seat outside in front for the driver. ...
— Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the Unied States • William H. Seward

... terms ever closer together—until the lawsuit over a truss of hay costs the plaintiff the best part of his fortune. And again the same arrangement occurs in certain scenes of Don Quixote; for instance, in the inn scene, where, by an extraordinary concatenation of circumstances, the mule-driver strikes Sancho, who belabours Maritornes, upon whom the innkeeper falls, etc. Finally, let us pass to the light comedy of to-day. Need we call to mind all the forms in which this same combination appears? ...
— Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic • Henri Bergson

... doubtful of his whereabouts, and then, without speaking a word, made his way into the book-room, and seated himself on his accustomed chair. The woman came to him and asked him whether money should not be given to the driver. ...
— Cousin Henry • Anthony Trollope

... Our driver was a shrewd, kindly, gray-haired old Yankee, cherishing a true American contempt for all peoples from Asia or the south of Europe. He was conversational when we first started, but his evident desire to do the honors of Honolulu handsomely was chilled ...
— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee


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