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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRIVER, n.
1. One who drives; the person or thing that urges or compels any thing else to move.
2. The person who drives beasts.
3. The person who drives a carriage; one who conducts a team.
4. A large sail occasionally set on the mizenyard or gaff, the foot being extended over the stern by a boom.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the operator of a motor vehicle [ant: nondriver]
2: someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
3: a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
4: (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device [syn: driver, device driver]
5: a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee [syn: driver, number one wood]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century one that drives: as a. coachman b. the operator of a motor vehicle c. an implement (as a hammer) for driving d. a mechanical piece for imparting motion to another piece e. one that provides impulse or motivation <a driver in this economy> f. a golf wood with a nearly straight face used in driving g. an electronic circuit that supplies input to another electronic circuit; also loudspeaker h. a piece of computer software that controls input and output operations • driverless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 (often in comb.) a person who drives a vehicle (bus-driver; engine-driver). 2 Golf a club with a flat face and wooden head, used for driving from the tee. 3 Electr. a device or part of a circuit providing power for output. 4 Mech. a wheel etc. receiving power directly and transmitting motion to other parts. Phrases and idioms: in the driver's seat in charge. Derivatives: driverless adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spanker Spank"er, n. 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. 2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail. --Totten. 3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse. [Colloq.] 4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person. [Colloq.] Spanker boom (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is attached. See Illust. of Ship.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Driver Driv"er, n. [From Drive.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) 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: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten. Driver ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants (Anomma arcens); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The driver of a vehicle is the person who is driving it. The driver got out of his van. ...a taxi driver. N-COUNT see also back-seat driver 2. A driver is a computer program that controls a device such as a printer. (COMPUTING) ...printer driver software. N-COUNT

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