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# chauffeur

noun (a chauffeur, chauffeurs); verb (chauffeur, chauffeurs, chauffeured, chauffeuring)

«chauffeur» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chauffeur is a person whose job is driving someone else's car, often for a rich or important person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#m1)
2. To chauffeur someone is to drive them around, often as a job or a favour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories chauffeurs drive rich families and royals and open the car door for them. In everyday life parents joke that they are their children's «chauffeur» because they drive them to clubs and parties. Phrases: a uniformed chauffeur, chauffeur-driven car, chauffeur someone around.

### Examples

- The chauffeur opened the car door for the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x1)
- A chauffeur-driven car took the actors to the film premiere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x2)
- Mum says she's our chauffeur because she drives us everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x3)
- Dad chauffeured us to football, then to swimming, then to Grandma's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x4)
- The chauffeur wore a cap and white gloves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x5)
- In old films, rich families had a chauffeur and a butler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x6)
- My uncle works as a chauffeur for a hotel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/#x7)

### Note

A French word: pronounced SHOW-fur (UK) or show-FUR (US). Spelling trap: ch-au-ff-eur, double f. A taxi driver is not usually called a chauffeur.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chauffeur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chauffeur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chauffeur.html) on Mova free.