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driver

/ˈdɹaɪvə/DRIGH-vur
/ˈdɹaɪvɚ/DRIGH-vur

Meaningone who drives

Common meaning: a person who drives a vehicle

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdrifan‘to drive, force, pursue’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdrivensource
  3. Englishdrive‘to push forward’
  4. Englishformed in English from drivedriver‘a person who drives a vehicle’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from drive + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DRIVE, p.180 · scan

Source words

  • drifan Old English · source word “to push forward”

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