chauffeur 1 of 2

as in driver
a person whose job is to drive people around in a car told the chauffeur to pull the limousine up to the hotel's front entrance

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chauffeur

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verb

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Recent Examples of chauffeur
Noun
For an additional fee, premium services are available, including a private chef, butler, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur. Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 And don’t forget to take advantage of the airline’s chauffeur service: all first-class and business-class passengers receive complimentary black car pickup from within a 50 mile radius of the airport. Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
And when boarding is set to commence, guests are chauffeured in a BMW directly to the aircraft door. Chris Dong, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024 Arriving via the Austrian village of Lech, we were quickly chauffeured to our secluded mountain retreat. Stacey Wreathall, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chauffeur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauffeur
Noun
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Williams driver Carlos Sainz has acknowledged the tough challenges that come with switching Formula One teams after his debut race with the outfit ended in a crash into the barriers.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As the plane taxied to the gate, the former military airplane mechanic from Las Vegas who was sitting in a window seat, saw smoke coming from the wing and then fire.
    TIME, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Two anonymous passengers who live in Phoenix told KPNX that the aircraft had just started taxiing when the woman, still fully clothed, walked to the front of the plane and started yelling.
    Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Helping customers reduce dependency on human operators has become increasingly important, especially when talent is scarce and institutional knowledge is hard to maintain.
    Joel Scutchfield, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The city of Fort Worth prevailed in a lawsuit challenging its rules on short-term rentals like those listed on Airbnb and VRBO. Short-term rental operators sued the city in June 2023 alleging the rules violated their property rights.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Chauffeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauffeur. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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