Meaning

noun the operator of a motor vehicle

noun someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle

noun a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver

originFrom Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).

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