Driver

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spanker \Spank"er\ (sp[a^][ng]k"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for
        spanking.
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     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.
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     3. One who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast
        horse. [Colloq.]
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     4. Something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as
        a stout or tall person. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Spanker boom} (Naut.), a boom to which a spanker sail is
        attached. See Illust. of {Ship}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a
        charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the
        movements of a any vehicle.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at
        their work.
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     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.
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     5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a
        fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --Totten.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. An implement used for driving; as:
        (a) A mallet.
        (b) A tamping iron.
        (c) A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
        (d) A wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for
            playing the longest strokes.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Driver ant} (Zool.), 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  driver
       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: {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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "driver":
     Jehu, Simon Legree, Sunday driver, absolute monarch,
     absolute ruler, agent, airscrew, all-powerful ruler, arrogator,
     autarch, autocrat, backseat driver, boy, bullwhacker, bus driver,
     busman, butler, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, caesar, cameleer, carter,
     cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero,
     commissar, conductor, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian,
     drayman, duce, elephant driver, engineer, equerry, fan,
     functionary, gardener, gentleman, gharry-wallah, gillie, hack,
     hackdriver, hackman, hacky, handler, hard master, harness racer,
     hit-and-run driver, houseboy, houseman, impeller, jitney driver,
     joyrider, lord-in-waiting, mahout, man, manipulator, manservant,
     martinet, motorist, mule skinner, muleteer, oligarch, operant,
     operative, operator, oppressor, paddle wheel, pharaoh, pilot,
     piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, reinsman, road hog,
     rotor, runner, screw, screw propeller, skinner, slave driver,
     speeder, stage coachman, steersman, stickler, taxidriver, teamster,
     truck driver, trucker, truckman, turbine, twin screws, tyrant,
     usurper, valet, valet de chambre, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner,
     wagonman, warlord, wheel, whip
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}]
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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 a driver 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.    
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Driver, AR
    Zip code(s): 72329