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chauffeur

Classic Business & public life French in English
chauffeur
chauffeur

Definition

A person employed to drive a car for someone else.

From French chauffeur.

Merriam-Webster records 1899 for this headword. The date refers to the dictionary’s recorded sense, which may differ from the meaning illustrated here. See the dictionary entry.

Example of use

The chauffeur waited outside the hotel.

Historical attestation

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chauffeur

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