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driver

/ˈdɹaɪvɚ/ noun A1
  1. One who drives something.
  2. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc. · The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.· Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated.
  3. A pilot (person who flies aircraft). (slang)
  4. A person who drives livestock: a drover.
  5. Something that drives something else.
  6. A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  7. A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  8. A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

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One passed at the moment, which he hailed; he gave his address to the driver, and springing in, threw himself on the seat, and gave loose to dreams of ambition.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 108 · C1
There is no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 36 · B2
The driver jumped down, and I saw him open the door and stand expectantly.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 53 · B2
## The Ass and His Driver
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 92 · B2

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