Meaning & use
Chauffeuse
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A woman employed to drive a private motor vehicle for someone else; the feminine form of 'chauffeur.'
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The elderly couple hired a chauffeuse to drive them to appointments each week.
She began her career as a chauffeuse before eventually starting her own limousine company.
A note on using this word
Borrowed directly from French, where the feminine suffix '-euse' marks the gender of the noun; in modern English, 'chauffeur' is now typically used regardless of gender.
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