driver
n.
chauffeur, one who drives; type of golf club; program which enables an operating system to communicate with a particular device (Computers)
Driver
driver
Noun
1. the operator of a motor vehicle
(antonym) nondriver
(hypernym) operator, manipulator
(hyponym) busman, bus driver
(derivation) drive
2. someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
(hypernym) worker
(hyponym) charioteer
(derivation) drive
3. a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
(hypernym) golfer, golf player, linksman
(derivation) drive
4. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
(synonym) device driver
(hypernym) utility program, utility, service program
(derivation) drive
(classification) computer science, computing
5. a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
(synonym) number one wood
(hypernym) wood
(derivation) drive
driver
v.
drive, travel in a car; transport in a vehicle (Sports)
driver (m)
n.
driver (Computers)
Driver
(n.)
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
(n.)
The driving wheel of a locomotive.
(n.)
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.
(n.)
One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
(n.)
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
(n.)
An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier.
(n.)
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:
(n.)
A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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