chauffeur

Definitions of chauffeur
  1. noun
    a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
    synonyms: chargeur
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    type of:
    travailleur manuel
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
  2. noun
    a man paid to drive a privately owned car
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    type of:
    conducteur
    the operator of a motor vehicle
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