Meaning & use
chauffeur
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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