chauffeur, chauffeurs; chauffeured, chauffeuring 1. Someone who is employed to drive a private automobile. 2. To drive someone from place to place in a car, or to be employed to drive a car for someone. 3. Etymology: originally 'a motorist,' from French, literally, 'stoker'; operator of a steam engine, a French nickname for early motorists, from... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/429/