chauffeur
noun
- type of criminal
verb
- to serve as a driver, transport
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʃɒˈfɜː/ / /ˈʃəʊfə/ / /ʃoʊˈfɝ/
noun
Etymology: From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.
- A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁ti Proto-Italic *kalēō Classical Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Classical Latin faciō Classical Latin calefaciō Classical Latin calfaciō Vulgar Latin *calfō Old French chaufer Middle French chauffer French chauffer French -eur French chauffeurbor. English chauffeur Borrowed from French chauffeur.
- To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
“"Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life."”
- To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle.