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chauffeurship

chauffeurship noun: the condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.

Noun

chauffeurship (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
    • Prospective employer - "How close to the edge of that cliff can you drive at speed?" / First candidate for chauffeurship - "Within two inches, easy." / P. E. - "And you?" / Second candidate - "I have driven within half an inch." / P. E. - "And you?" / Third candidate. - "Sure, I would keep as far...1905, Automotive Industries, volume 13, page 582
    • We are climbing in an auto under Molly's efficient chauffeurship.1945, Ella Young, Flowering Dusk: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately

Origin of chauffeurship

From chauffeur + -ship.

Questions about chauffeurship

What does chauffeurship mean?
Chauffeurship means the condition of being, or employment as, a chauffeur.
What part of speech is chauffeurship?
Chauffeurship is a noun.

Words near chauffeurship in the dictionary

  1. chauffeuress
  2. chauffeuresses
  3. chauffeuring
  4. chauffeurless
  5. chauffeurs
  6. chauffeurship
  7. chauffeuse
  8. chauffeuses
  9. chauffing
  10. chauffs
  11. chaufroix

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