[chauf.feur] n [F, lit., stoker, fr. chauffer to heat, fr. MF chaufer--more at chafe] (1899) 1: a person employed to drive a motor vehicle
2: one that transports others by operating a motor vehicle
[2]chauffeur vb chauf.feured ; chauf.feur.ing vi (1917): to do the work of a chauffeur ~ vt 1: to transport in the manner of a chauffeur "~s the children to school"
2: to operate (as an automobile) as chauffeur