Definition of Driver

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Driver

One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.

An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.

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:

The driving wheel of a locomotive.

An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.

A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.

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Driver Quotations

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
Winston Churchill

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John Lennon

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
Ayn Rand

The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.
Jay Leno

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.
Rosa Parks

The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.
Jeff Foxworthy

The designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, drop them off at the wrong house.
Jeff Foxworthy

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.
Marshall McLuhan

My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.
Bo Jackson

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
Jules Renard

Driver Translations

driver in Dutch is bestuurder, conducteur
driver in French is chauffeur, conducteur, traqueur
driver in German is Fahrer {m}, Treiber {m}, Treiber, Autofahrer {m}
driver in Italian is mandriano, guidatore
driver in Portuguese is excitador

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