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Definition of driver :
1. A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
2. A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
3. An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.
4. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
5. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
6. The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore- and- aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
7. The driving wheel of a locomotive.
8. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
Synonyms:
licensed operator, four-in-hand driver, accounting package, application, speed demon, joy rider, cabdriver, muleteer, busman, bogey, bunker, beta version, autoist, automobilist, whip bus driver, wagoner, mule skinner, staple, priority, truck driver, automatic recovery program, number one wood, device driver, cabby, move, backswing, trucker, essence, bogie, wheelman, hack, car pool, application software, caddy, basis, core, concern, burning issue/question, birdie, authoring software, etc teamster, address book, autoresponder, operator, jitney jockey, key, motorist, speeder, charioteer, coachman, element, motorman, backup utility, ace, teamster, chauffeur, hit-and-runner, road hog, feature, alpha version
Usage examples:
- Perhaps that the driver has broken his word, and she is left for a whole year without Parnosseh. - "Stories and Pictures", Isaac Loeb Peretz.
- I said, turning to the driver, determined to force him into an expression of opinion. - "The Untilled Field", George Moore.
- I saw it, just in time to signal the driver, Stop! - "Mugby Junction", Charles Dickens.