About The Word Driver

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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.
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