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▪ I. chauffeur|ˈʃəʊfə(r), ʃofœr|
[Fr., agent-n. of chauffer to heat.]
†1. An automobilist. Obs.
1899Motor-Car World Oct. 3/1 The French ‘chauffeur’, Béconnais. 1901Daily News 16 Feb. 6/1 Whilst automobilists in Great Britain have perhaps been saved from the ‘racing fever’.., the French chauffeur has in part been encouraged in his rashness. 1903Lady's Realm Apr. 684/1 All the members of the Italian Royal Family are enthusiastic chauffeurs.
2. A professional or paid driver of a private motor vehicle.
1902Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 1/3 As to the driver, ‘chauffeur’ seems at present to hold the field. 1905C. N. & A. M. Williamson (title) My Friend the Chauffeur. 1906(title) The Chauffeur's Blue Book.
b. Comb., as chauffeur-driven adj.; also appositively, as chauffeur-handyman.
1934J. O'Hara Appt. in Samarra (1935) iv. 93 The women got out of chauffeur-driven..cars. 1937E. Garnett Family from One End Street v. 85 A large Packard, chauffeur-driven. 1953‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow 46 A job as chauffeur-handyman at the Hall.
Hence chauffeuse |ˈʃəʊfɜːz, ʃoføz|, a female chauffeur.
1903Westm. Gaz. 16 May 7/2. 1903 Motor Ann. 73 A skilful chauffeuse. 1970P. Moyes Who saw her Die? ix. 123 Lady Balaclava..signing on as part-time chauffeuse to Members of the Government.
▪ II. chauffeur, v.|ˈʃəʊfə(r)|
[f. the n.]
trans. To drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur; to convey (a person) by car. Also transf.
1917‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 111 Occasionally the Flying Corps officer is able to substitute an excursion by air..if..a bus of the type already flown by him must be chauffeured across the Channel. 1923R. D. Paine Comr. Rolling Ocean iii. 44, I can chauffeur anything with an engine in it. 1929C. Walt Love in Chicago ix. 100 Lefty chauffeurs me around in my Rolls-Royce. 1938Manch. Guardian 12 May 20/1, I..had to chauffeur him down.
Hence ˈchauffeured ppl. a., supplied with or driven by a chauffeur; ˈchauffeuring vbl. n., the work of a chauffeur; driving. Also as ppl. a. (rare).
1923W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 289 He could tell all chauffeuring Grasse how he had beaten the record to Paris. 1937‘J. Bell’ Murder in Hosp. xv. 297 Dick's ancient..car, which stood brazenly among the chauffeured Daimlers. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 572/2 It [sc. taxi-driving] seems to be very much worse paid than private chauffeuring. 1964G. Sims Terrible Door xx. 105 A gardener who did some chauffeuring was not immediately available. 1965N. Freeling Criminal Conv. i. xvii. 93 They belonged to the chauffeured stratum of society. |