I. ˈshōfə(r); (ˈ)shō|fər, +V -|fər.; (ˈ)shō|fə̄, +V -|fər. also -|fə̄r noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, literally, stoker, from chauffer to heat, warm + -eur -er
1. : one that is employed to operate a motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property
2. : one that transports (as persons) by operating a motor vehicle
to be chauffeur for a group of friends who could not drive
II. verb
( chauffeured ; chauffeured ; chauffeuring -_f(ə)riŋ, -|fər.iŋ also -|fə̄riŋ ; chauffeurs )
intransitive verb
: to do the work of a chauffeur
chauffeur for a livelihood
transitive verb
1. : to transport in the manner of a chauffeur
has time to garden, chauffeur the kids to school, and sleep — Bernard Kalb
at twelve I chauffeured him around the country — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902
2.
a. : to operate (as an automobile) as chauffeur
chauffeur a sporty town car for a crippled relative
chauffeuring a plane for a millionaire candy magnate — Newsweek
b. : to operate (a motor vehicle) by means of a chauffeur
two company cars, both chauffeured — Pearl Buck