driver

See also: Driver

English

Etymology

From 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).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: drīʹvər, IPA(key): /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)

Noun

driver (plural drivers)

  1. One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
    • 2016, John Swain, Digging Up The Pitmen (page 164)
      Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry []
  2. Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
    • 2014, Bridgette Wessels, Exploring Social Change: Process and Context (page 106)
      The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change.
  3. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
  4. A person who drives some other vehicle.
  5. (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
  6. (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
  7. (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
  8. A mallet.
  9. A tamping iron.
  10. A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
  11. A screwdriver.
    • 1996, Popular Mechanics (volume 173, number 12)
      Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince []

Derived terms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

See also


French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English driver.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁaj.vœʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

  1. (golf) driver

Etymology 2

From English drive + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁaj.ve/

Verb

driver

  1. (golf outside Louisiana, Cajun French) to drive
Conjugation

Anagrams

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Noun

driver m or f (invariable)

  1. driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)

driver m (invariable)

  1. driver (golf club; computer module)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

driver

  1. present tense of drive

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English driver.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾaj.veʁ/

Noun

driver m (plural drivers)

  1. (computing) driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:driver.

Synonyms


Swedish

Verb

driver

  1. present tense of driva.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.