chauffeur

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But then Dick put a pistol to his head and he collapsed and offered no more resistance As soon as the chauffeur was again secured, the boys bundled him into the enclosed portion of the car and tied him fast to the foot rail and the robe rail.

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  1. noun One employed to drive a private automobile.
  2. transitive verb To serve as a driver for (another).
  3. transitive verb To transport in (a motor vehicle); drive: chauffeured the guests around town.
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  • Slappy currently worked as her chauffeur, although in the first few seasons, when he had been younger and slimmer, he had been her sidekick. —  Asimov's SF, June2006
  • Although his chauffeur was an excellent driver, no one could avoid the traffic jams of early-morning Manhattan. —  TheMillionaire’sPregnantWife
  • He says our chauffeur is a reliable chap with an admirable record. —  Spinsters in Jeopardy - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 17
  • It made the front page, and then the chauffeur was arrested, that morning, and taken to court on a 13-year-old traffic warrant. —  Gawker
  • Shia LaBeouf's good fortune continues, but whether he'll be spending some of that fortune on a chauffeur is another question. —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
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  1. French, stoker, from chauffer, to heat, stoke, from Old French chaufer; see chafe.

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  1. French, a fireman, a stoker: hence, recently, the ‘fireman’ or controller of a steam or other automobile, < chauffer, heat, fire up: see chafe, v.
 

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