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choffer

UK/ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/

choffer is the alternative form of chauffer.

choffer is the pronunciation spelling of chauffeur.

Meaning of chauffer

Noun

chauffer (plural chauffers)

  1. A small, portable stove.
  2. A chafing dish.
  3. A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top.

Meaning of chauffeur

Noun

chauffeur (plural chauffeurs)

  1. A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
    • He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 3, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
  2. The driver of a fire truck.
    Synonyms:
    engineer

See all 5 meanings of chauffeur

Forms of choffer

pluralchoffers

Questions about choffer

What is choffer the alternative form of?
Choffer is the alternative form of chauffer.
How do you pronounce choffer?
Choffer is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɔː.fə/ (UK).

Words near choffer in the dictionary

  1. Choeac
  2. choenices
  3. choenix
  4. choenixes
  5. choes
  6. choffer
  7. choffers
  8. chog
  9. choga
  10. chogas
  11. chogha

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choffer (page history and authors); chauffer (page history and authors); chauffeur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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