driver
//ˈdɹaɪ.və//
Forms
- Plural
- drivers
Definitions
1.One who drives something.
- Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated.
- The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.
2.Something that drives something else.
- The later iterations of these locomotives had 56-inch drivers.
- The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1292
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Word family
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”).