Meaning & use

chauffeur

noun·Academic

A person employed to drive a car for someone else, especially in a formal or professional setting.

See it in a sentence

The company provided a chauffeur to drive visiting executives around the city.

Her grandfather once worked as a chauffeur for a wealthy family.

A note on using this word

'Chaffeur' is a common misspelling of 'chauffeur', a French loanword; remember the 'u' after 'cha'.

Words with a similar meaning

driver

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