driver's license

American  

noun

1. a permit, as one issued by a state's motor vehicle bureau, that allows the holder to drive a motor vehicle on public roads.

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Etymology

Origin of driver's license

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“Let me check my driver’s license real quick,” Curtis tells one, in a video Burger King posted last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Garrett reportedly still holds a Texas driver’s license — he attended Texas A&M — and told the officer that he did not have an Ohio license.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Away from competition, she got her driver's license, enjoyed holidays, went to concerts and experienced something she had not before -- a normal teenager's life.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

It released him in Texas, not Minnesota, and withheld all of his property, including his driver’s license and other identification paperwork.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Then one day, burrowing in a dresser drawer, she found what die had been looking for: proof that he had been there, his driver’s license.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison