chauffeuse
Americannoun
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chauffeuses
plural
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of chauffeuse
1900–05; < French, feminine of chauffeur. See chauffeur
Example Sentences
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At the outbreak of war she volunteered as a government chauffeuse but later transferred to the ambulance service.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2014
Momoro is the chauffeuse, adroit aloof, intelligent, guiding the satire until it is time for her to step out of it a human being like the rest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Speaking of those who've given all their motors to the State and those who haven't, a new social danger has bobbed up for the latter—the chauffeuse.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
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 The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
The first question on the lips of the Staff when the chauffeuse comes back from taking the relatives to the hospital is, "Was it good news?"
From The Sword of Deborah First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in France by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
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