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chauffeur

[shoh-fer, shoh-fur] / ˈʃoʊ fər, ʃoʊˈfɜr /
NOUN
driver
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His parents worked for a wealthy family, his mother as a cook and his father as a chauffeur.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

Nevertheless, the unseen chauffeur cues “Billie Jean” again on the stereo.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

As someone who dislikes being behind the wheel, the idea of having him chauffeur me around tipped the scales in his favor.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

The actor brought Lee the script, a reimagined take on a novel that once inspired a 1963 Akira Kurosawa film about a class divide involving a kidnapping, a businessman and a chauffeur.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

In America, Quirin worked as a handyman, chauffeur, and mechanic.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Gisele, the sister who chauffeurs Zoe to practice in Santa Clarita, agrees.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Right-side steering wheels placed chauffeurs closer to the curb to open passenger doors; Ford was marketing to middle-class buyers who would drive themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

John Lennon, who in life was such a terrible driver that he hired chauffeurs for the safety of those around him, is in command of the main spaceship.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2023

Everything from food to chauffeurs is one-fourth the price of Manhattan.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2021

There had been many barbecues with the driveway lined with cars and a troop of chauffeurs under the palm trees exchanging news and gossip.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Last year, a top Orlando-area quarterback revealed his move to Edison in a video that showed him traveling to Miami by private plane, where Campbell ushered him into a chauffeured Mercedes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

A chauffeured black SUV pulls up to the curb outside Destroyer in Culver City and out jumps Zara Larsson like somebody riding a float in the Rose Parade.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

Matt Barnes, the founder of a company that helps people find chauffeured vehicles, said that rumblings about gates going up on North Bay played into his decision to invest there last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Gray, whose portfolio includes sport, has been under fire after it emerged he had been chauffeured to six football matches at Hampden since becoming a minister, four of which included the team he supports.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2024

I put on my gaudy red finery, and was driven with Shusgis to the supper-party in his chauffeured private car.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Before long, he was driving 200 miles a week chauffeuring beans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

Robots are cooking our meals and chauffeuring us around town.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2023

The technology went from a perpetual “six months away” to chauffeuring masses of riders this year as both companies gathered experience in pilot cities and used that knowledge to expand to others.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2023

Among a circle of nondriving peers, Schuessler’s kids love to be behind the wheel, so they often find themselves chauffeuring carloads of older friends.

From Washington Post Feb. 21, 2023

“More money in chauffeuring and dog-sitting,” she mumbled.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty




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