Definition of Driver

1. Noun. The operator of a motor vehicle.


2. Noun. Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle.
Generic synonyms: Worker
Specialized synonyms: Charioteer, Coachman, Lasher, Mahout, Teamster, Waggoner, Wagoner
Derivative terms: Drive

3. Noun. A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver.
Generic synonyms: Golf Player, Golfer, Linksman
Derivative terms: Drive

4. Noun. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device.
Exact synonyms: Device Driver
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Service Program, Utility, Utility Program
Derivative terms: Drive

5. Noun. A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee.
Exact synonyms: Number One Wood
Generic synonyms: Wood
Derivative terms: Drive

Definition of Driver

1. n. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

Definition of Driver

1. one that drives [n -S] - See also: drives

Medical Definition of Driver

1. 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. 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: The driving wheel of a locomotive. An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Driver ant, 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. Origin: From Drive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Driver

driveler
drivelers
driveline
drivelines
driveling
drivelled
driveller
drivellers
drivelling
drivels
driven
drivenness
drivennesses
driven well
driver (current term)
driver (current term)
driver's licence
driver's license
driverless
drivers
driver ant
drives
driveshaft
driveshafts
drivetrain
drivetrains
driveway
driveways
drive around
drive away

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