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Driver : (noun)
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: device
driver]
5: a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used
for hitting long shots from the tee [syn: number one wood]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Driver : \Driv"er\, n. [Based on 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DRIVER. One employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other
vehicle, with horses, mules, or other animals.
2. Frequent accidents occur in consequence of the neglect or want of
skill of drivers of public stage coaches, for which the employers are
responsible.
3. The law requires that aDriver : should possess reasonable skill and
be of good habits for the journey; if, therefore, he is not acquainted with
the road he undertakes to drive; 3 Bingh. Rep. 314, 321; drives with reins
so loose that he cannot govern his horses; 2 Esp. R. 533; does not give
notice of any serious danger on the road; 1 Camp. R. 67; takes the wrong
side of the road; 4 Esp. R. 273; incautiously comes in collision with
another carriage; 1 Stark. R. 423; 1 Campb. R. 167; or does not exercise a
sound and reasonable discretion in travelling on the road, to avoid dangers
and difficulties, and any accident happens by which any passenger is
injured, both the driver and his employers will be responsible. 2 Stark. R.
37; 3 Engl. C. L. Rep. 233; 2 Esp. R. 533; 11. Mass. 57; 6 T. R. 659; 1
East, R. 106; 4 B. & A. 590; 6 Eng. C. L. R. 528; 2 Mc Lean, R. 157. Vide
Common carriers Negligence; Quasi Offence.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Driver :
1. device driver.
2. The main loop of an event-processing
program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for
execution.
3. In the TeX world and the computerised typesetting
world in general, a program that translates some
device-independent or other common format to something a real
device can actually understand.
[{Jargon File]
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Driver, AR
Zip code(s): 72329
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Driver : n. 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.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Example Usage of Driver |
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smcary12: @thebodyshopusa - School Bus Driver #Xmas |
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deemurthy: Couldn't agree more!! RT @Hay_Mo I'm a much nicer Driver when I'm listening to Buble. |
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