chauffer

[ chaw-fer ]

/ ˈtʃɔ fər /

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noun

a small, portable stove.

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Origin of chauffer

1815–25; variant of obsolete chafer,Middle English chafer (see chafe, -er¹), probably influenced by + French chauffoir heater

Words nearby chauffer

chat up, Chaucer, Chaucer, Geoffrey, Chaucerian, chaudfroid, chauffer, chauffeur, chauffeuse, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra oil, Chaumont

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How to use chauffer in a sentence

The septuagenarian duo of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will be able to keep their chauffer-driven, taxpayer-funded limos.
With Immigration Move, Obama and the Welfare Party Strike Again|Lloyd Green|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My chauffer cranked up the car and I took my place at the wheel.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc
The light being also a coal-fire exposed in an open chauffer, was found to be insufficient.
Smeaton and Lighthouses|John Smeaton
The officer sat up beside the chauffer, Clayton slinging it into him every foot of the way to the station.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field

Clayton and Alfred were liberated, loaded into an auto, the chauffer ordered to drive slowly to the Work House.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
Chauffer, chaw′fėr, n. a metal box for holding fire, a portable furnace or stove.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for chauffer

chauffer

chaufer

/ (ˈtʃɔːfə) /

noun

a small portable heater or stove

Word Origin for chauffer

C19: from French chauffoir, from chauffer to heat

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