What does "chauffeur" mean?

A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).

What is a synonym for "chauffeur"?

Common synonyms include: backseat driver, bicycle, bike, boy, bus, bus driver.

/ʃɒˈfɜː/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
"He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine."
2
A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France. historical
3
a person paid to drive a privately owned car wordnet
4
The driver of a fire truck.

Verb

1
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car). intransitive
""Old Pearson. He did gardening for us, and chauffeuring for my father. Such a dear old man - I've know him all my life.""
2
drive someone in a vehicle wordnet
3
To transport (someone) in a motor vehicle. transitive

"The chauffeur will be on duty after 3 o'clock."

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chauffeur.

Etymology 2

From French chauffeur (“heater, stoker”), as they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.