chauf·feur (shō'fər, shō-fûr')
n.
One employed to drive a private automobile.


v., -feured, -feur·ing, -feurs.

v.tr.

1. To serve as a driver for (another).
2. To transport in (a motor vehicle); drive: chauffeured the guests around town.

v.intr.
To serve as a driver for another.

[French, stoker, from chauffer, to heat, stoke, from Old French chaufer. See chafe.]

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