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Driver Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Driver? [n] a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee [n] (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device [n] the operator of a motor vehicle [n] a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver [n] someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle Synonyms \| Synonyms for Driver: device driver \| number one wood Related Terms \| Find terms related to Driver: absolute monarch \| absolute ruler \| agent \| airscrew \| all-powerful ruler \| arrogator \| autarch \| autocrat \| backseat driver \| boy \| bullwhacker \| bus driver \| busman \| butler \| cabby \| cabdriver \| cabman \| caesar \| cameleer \| carter \| cartman \| charioteer \| chauffeur \| coachman \| coachy \| cocher \| cochero \| commissar \| conductor \| czar \| despot \| dictator \| disciplinarian \| drayman \| duce \| elephant driver \| engineer \| equerry \| fan \| functionary \| gardener \| gentleman \| gharry-wallah \| gillie \| hack \| hackdriver \| hackman \| hacky \| handler \| hard master \| harness racer \| hit-and-run driver \| houseboy \| houseman \| impeller \| Jehu \| jitney driver \| joyrider \| lord-in-waiting \| mahout \| man \| manipulator \| manservant \| martinet \| motorist \| mule skinner \| muleteer \| oligarch \| operant \| operative \| operator \| oppressor \| paddle wheel \| pharaoh \| pilot \| piston \| prop \| propellant \| propeller \| propulsor \| reinsman \| road hog \| rotor \| runner \| screw \| screw propeller \| Simon Legree \| skinner \| slave driver \| speeder \| stage coachman \| steersman \| stickler \| Sunday driver \| taxidriver \| teamster \| truck driver \| trucker \| truckman \| turbine \| twin screws \| tyrant \| usurper \| valet \| valet de chambre \| vetturino \| voiturier \| wagoner \| wagonman \| warlord \| wheel \| whip See Also \| automobile driver \| automobilist \| bus driver \| busman \| cabby \| cabdriver \| cabman \| charioteer \| chauffeur \| coachman \| designated driver \| golf player \| golfer \| hackdriver \| honker \| kerb crawler \| lasher \| linksman \| livery driver \| mahout \| manipulator \| motorist \| operator \| owner-driver \| race driver \| racer \| road hog \| roadhog \| service program \| speed demon \| speeder \| tailgater \| taxidriver \| taximan \| teamster \| test driver \| truck driver \| trucker \| utility \| utility program \| waggoner \| wagoner \| wood \| worker Driver In Webster's Dictionary \Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) 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: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. {Driver ant} (Zo["o]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.

Driver Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Driver?

[n] a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
[n] (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
[n] the operator of a motor vehicle
[n] a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
[n] someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle

Synonyms | Synonyms for Driver: device driver | number one wood

Driver In Webster's Dictionary

\Driv"er\, n. [From {Drive}.]
1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that
   urges or compels anything else to move onward.

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

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

4. (Mach.) 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:
   (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
   (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to
       turn a carrier.
   (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the
       upper stone.

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

{Driver ant} (Zo["o]l.), a species of African stinging ant;
   one of the visiting ants ({Anomma arcens}); -- so called
   because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or
   devour all insects and other small animals.

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