What does driver mean?
Definitions for driver
ˈdraɪ vərdriv·er
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word driver.
Princeton's WordNet
drivernoun
the operator of a motor vehicle
drivernoun
someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
drivernoun
a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
driver, device drivernoun
(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
driver, number one woodnoun
a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
GCIDE
Drivernoun
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a any vehicle.
Wiktionary
drivernoun
One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
drivernoun
Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
drivernoun
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
drivernoun
A person who drives some other vehicle.
drivernoun
a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
drivernoun
A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
drivernoun
a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Drivernoun
Etymology: from drive.
He from the many-peopl’d city flies;
Contemns their labours, and the driver ’s cries. George Sandys.The driver runs up to him immediately, and beats him almost to death. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
The multitude or common rout, like a drove of sheep, or an herd of men, may be managed by any noise or cry which their driver shall accustom them to. Robert South, Sermons.
Not the fierce driver with more fury lends
The sounding lash, and, ere the stroke descends,
Low to the wheels his pliant body bends. John Dryden, Virg. Æn.
Webster Dictionary
Drivernoun
one who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward
Drivernoun
the person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive
Drivernoun
an overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work
Drivernoun
a part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:
Drivernoun
the driving wheel of a locomotive
Drivernoun
an attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier
Drivernoun
a crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone
Drivernoun
the after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker
Etymology: [From Drive.]
Freebase
Driver
Driver is a series of mission-based action-adventure video games developed by Reflections Interactive, and originally published by GT Interactive and later by Atari. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action-adventure and driving in open world environments. Since the series began in 1999, there have been five main installments released. As of August 2011, the series has sold more than 16 million units worldwide.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
driver
1. The main loop of an event-processing program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for execution. 2. [techspeak] In device driver, code designed to handle a particular peripheral device such as a magnetic disk or tape unit. 3. In the TeX world and the computerized typesetting world in general, a program that translates some device-independent or other common format to something a real device can actually understand.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
driver
A large sail formerly used with the wind aft or quartering. It was a square sail cut like a studding-sail, and set with a great yard on the end of the spanker-boom, across the taffrail. The name latterly has been officially applied to the spanker, both being the aftermost sails of a ship, the ring-tail being only an addition, as a studding or steering sail. (See STEERING-SAIL.) Also, the foremost spur in the bilge-ways, the heel of which is fayed to the fore-side of the foremost poppet, and the sides of it look fore and aft. Also, a sort of fishing-boat.
Editors Contribution
driver
A person with the ability, experience, skills, knowledge, relevant instruction, qualification and license to drive a vehicle.
The train driver was very efficient and skilled.
Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'driver' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1976
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'driver' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1892
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'driver' in Nouns Frequency: #595
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of driver in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of driver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of driver in a Sentence
When somebody says,' Can I see your driver’s license ?' -- what that unlocks and what that smooths out and all the speed bumps that literally get eliminated because you have a driver’s license.
The way Daniel's driving at the moment, I don't believe there's a better driver in Formula One than Daniel, the thought of the pairing is fantastically exciting for us.
The day was pretty good, but it was a tricky one because it was so windy out there, every driver was struggling with the changing direction of the wind. You're constantly arriving at each corner and the wind direction is never the same, so we saw lots of drivers going off.
Seven weeks ago we had a great jobs report and came out of the last meeting feeling that the economy and our policy was in a good place, news about trade has been an important driver of sentiment in the interim.
It's a shame because we just had our driver lineup right where we wanted it with the four of us, you definitely miss (Busch's) feedback. Until the fourth car came this year, (Busch) was 33 percent of the information that went through that race team and it's just a little different there without him for sure.
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Translations for driver
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- مشغل, سائِقArabic
- sürücü, şoferAzerbaijani
- шафёр, вадзі́цель, кіро́ўцаBelarusian
- водач, драйвър, шофьо́рBulgarian
- controlador de dispositiu, conductorCatalan, Valencian
- řidička, řidič, šofér, ovladačCzech
- gyrrwrWelsh
- chaufførDanish
- Fahrer, Fahrerin, TreiberGerman
- οδηγός, μηχανοδηγόςGreek
- conductora, conductor, controlador, choferSpanish
- autojuht, juhtEstonian
- راننده, شوفرPersian
- ajaja, kuski, ajuri, kuljettajaFinnish
- conductrice, conducteur, pilote, chauffeurFrench
- tiománaí, maide mórIrish
- immanaghManx
- נהגת, נהגHebrew
- ड्राइवर, चालकHindi
- sofőr, vezető, illesztőprogramHungarian
- վարորդ, դրայվերArmenian
- sopirIndonesian
- rekill, ökumaður, bílstjóriIcelandic
- autistaItalian
- ドライバー, 運転者, ドライバ, 運転手Japanese
- მძღოლიGeorgian
- derefaKikuyu, Gikuyu
- biilertoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- អ្នកបើកឡាន, តៃកុងKhmer
- 드라이버, 운전사, 기사, 운전기사Korean
- şofêr, ajok, sayêq, ajovan, ajokarKurdish
- aurigaLatin
- ຄົນຂັບລົດLao
- šoferis, tvarkyklė, vairuotojas, draiverisLithuanian
- šoferis, vadītājs, draiveris, dzinisLatvian
- taraiwa, kaitaraiwaMāori
- во́зач, шо́ферMacedonian
- жолоочMongolian
- sewwieqa, xufier, xufiera, drajver, sewwieqMaltese
- ယာဉ်မောင်းBurmese
- bestuurder, chauffeur, stuurprogrammaDutch
- naʼałbąąsiiNavajo, Navaho
- ډرېورPanjabi, Punjabi
- kierowca, szofer, sterownikPolish
- ډرېورPashto, Pushto
- condutor, controlador, driver, motorista, pilotoPortuguese
- șofer, conducător auto, conducătorRomanian
- води́тельница, шофёр, води́тель, дра́йверRussian
- vozàčica, драјвер, dràjver, upràvljāčkī prògram, vòzāč, управљачки програм, возач, возачицаSerbo-Croatian
- vodič, šofér, ovládačSlovak
- voznik, šoferSlovene
- shofer, makinistAlbanian
- förare, chaufför, drivrutinSwedish
- derevaSwahili
- సారథి, చోదకుడు, డ్రైవర్Telugu
- คนขับรถ, คนขับThai
- şoför, sürücüTurkish
- шофе́р, во́дійUkrainian
- ڈرائیورUrdu
- người lái, tài xếVietnamese
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