a person who drives a vehicle; coachman, chauffeur, etc.
a person who drives an animal or animals, as a drover or cowboy.
Also called number one wood.Golf. a club with a wooden head whose face has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives from the tee.
Machinery.
a part that transmits force or motion.
the member of a pair of connected pulleys, gears, etc., that is nearer to the power source.
Computers. software or hardware that controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device.
Railroads. driving wheel (def. 2).
British. a locomotive engineer.
Audio.
the part of a loudspeaker that transforms the electrical signal into sound.
the entire loudspeaker.
Nautical.
a jib-headed spanker sail.
a designation given to one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the fifth or sixth from forward.Compare pusher (def. 4), spanker (def. 1b).
Origin of driver
First recorded in 1350–1400, driver is from the Middle English word drivere.See drive, -er1
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For starters, it’s not Uber that owns its cars—its drivers do.
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That included training dogs to sniff out dead wild boar, stockpiling electric fences along the eastern border and urging drivers not to toss ham-sandwich scraps out the window.
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So, you’d have buses that would— and the bus drivers would be tested, and the buses would be wiped down.
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Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.
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He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
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So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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We drove back down the hill, and the driver let me out near the Prado.
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The driver shook his head and pointed forward with his whip.
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The driver had used his last spare, so there was nothing to do but keep going on the rim.
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On the box the driver glistened with smart buttons and silver braid.
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No driver, unless fortified by several glasses, will drive you that way after dark.
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The driver had been disappointed; he had expected more of her.
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British Dictionary definitions for driver
driver
/ (ˈdraɪvə) /
noun
a person who drives a vehicle
in the driver's seatin a position of control
a person who drives animals
a mechanical component that exerts a force on another to produce motion
golfa club, a No. 1 wood, with a large head and deep face for tee shots
electronicsa circuit whose output provides the input of another circuit
computinga computer program that controls a device
something that creates and fuels activity, or gives force or impetus