Driver (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person or thing that drives.
  2. a person who drives a vehicle; coachman, chauffeur, etc.
  3. a person who drives an animal or animals, as a drover or cowboy.
  4. a club with a wooden head whose face has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives from the tee.
  5. Machinery.
    • a part that transmits force or motion.
    • the member of a pair of connected pulleys, gears, etc., that is nearer to the power source.
  6. software or hardware that controls the interface between a computer and a peripheral device.
  7. driving wheel (def. 2).
  8. a locomotive engineer.
  9. Audio.
    • the part of a loudspeaker that transforms the electrical signal into sound.
    • the entire loudspeaker.
  10. Nautical.
    • a jib-headed spanker sail.
    • a designation given to one of the masts abaft the mizzen on a sailing vessel having more than three masts, either the fifth or sixth from forward.
noun
  1. a person who drives a vehicle
  2. in a position of control
  3. a person who drives animals
  4. a mechanical component that exerts a force on another to produce motion
  5. a club, a No. 1 wood, with a large head and deep face for tee shots
  6. a circuit whose output provides the input of another circuit
  7. a computer program that controls a device
  8. something that creates and fuels activity, or gives force or impetus
Driver (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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