driver
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Definition of driver
20 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who drives something.
“Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]”
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noun
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One who drives something.
“Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […]”
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One who drives something.
“The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.”
“Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated.”
“Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into four crashes of Teslas operating with a partial-automation system (which can navigate highways and steer the car on city streets but requires a licensed driver to be present), including one in which a pedestrian was killed. In a news release, NHTSA said reduced visibility may have led to the crashes.”
- (slang)One who drives something.
- One who drives something.
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Something that drives something else.
“The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.”
“The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton. A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water.”
- Something that drives something else.
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Something that drives something else.
“The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […]”
- Something that drives something else.
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Something that drives something else.
“Compared with June 2023, consumers’ perceptions of the main drivers of inflation shifted towards wages, although other input costs were still seen as the strongest driver overall.”
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Something that drives something else.
“The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.”
- Something that drives something else.
- Something that drives something else.
- Something that drives something else.
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Something that drives something else.
“Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince […]”
- Something that drives something else.
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(in-plural)Something that drives something else.
“The later iterations of these locomotives had 56-inch drivers.”
“With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works.”
name
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A surname.
“Blank's former girlfriend Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), whom he jilted in high school, now works as a radio DJ.”
- An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
- A neighbourhood in the city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States.
- An inner suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).
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