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chauffeuse

American  
[shoh-fœz] / ʃoʊˈfœz /

noun

French Furniture.

plural

chauffeuses
  1. a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.


Etymology

Origin of chauffeuse

1900–05; < French, feminine of chauffeur. See chauffeur

Example Sentences

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He loved to have her drive him around, and dubbed her, with surprising grammatical accuracy, as “my little chauffeuse.”

From Time

At the outbreak of war she volunteered as a government chauffeuse but later transferred to the ambulance service.

From BBC

She seemed inexperienced as a chauffeuse; only by a hair’s breadth did she manage to avoid the man, and then she stopped the car.

From Project Gutenberg

That it is appreciated is shown by the fact that at Christmas, at this house, with its staff of Superintendent, cook, parlourmaid, housemaid and "tweeny," with one chauffeuse, there were forty relations of wounded staying.

From Project Gutenberg

The chauffeuse herself was sitting behind her wheel with the manner of a youthful queen on a throne receiving homage from courtiers.

From Project Gutenberg