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driver
What does driver mean?
driver (noun): the operator of a motor vehicle.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use driver in a sentence?
- The driver braked cautiously. (Tatoeba sentence #11700241 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce driver?
/ˈdɹaɪvɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does driver come from?
From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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