Word: driver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪ.və/, /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/ 1. One who drives something. Example: Luke North was working in the North East District when Harry Patterson the pony driver came by. It was 5.45 o'clock. Luke smelt danger in the air. He walked round the pony to speak with Harry […] 2. One who drives something. Example: The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion. Example: Tipping your driver is optional but is much appreciated. 3. One who drives something. Labels: slang 4. One who drives something. Example: Up until 1872 there was not over 150 miles of railroad in the state [Texas], that was from Galveston to Houston, and a short line from Houston to Brazoria, twenty-five miles in length, and one road from Harrisburg to Alton, three miles east of Columbus. So the cattle driving to Kansas was the only hope at that time, and it proved to be a great help before the railroads got around. Trail driving to Kansas lasted from 1866 to 1886 and it was estimated that fully eight million head of cattle and horses were driven and sold during the twenty years above mentioned to Kansas, the drivers paying for the cattle on an average of $10.00 per head, although most of the horses came back to Texas and were used the next year. There were all sizes of herds from five hundred to twenty-five hundred cattle in a drove, usually seven or eight men to the small herds and twelve to fifteen men with the large herds. 5. Something that drives something else. Example: The character of work is a driver of social change, at the same time that any new forms of work are the result of broader social change. Example: The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton. A key driver has been the approval of a new housing and employment development called Fawley Waterside, with 1,500 homes planned on the site of a redundant power station on the edge of Southampton Water. 6. Something that drives something else. 7. Something that drives something else. Example: The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […] 8. Something that drives something else. 9. Something that drives something else. Example: Compared with June 2023, consumers’ perceptions of the main drivers of inflation shifted towards wages, although other input costs were still seen as the strongest driver overall. 10. Something that drives something else. Example: The driver engages the follower intermittently, as dictated by the solenoid. 11. Something that drives something else. 12. Something that drives something else. 13. Something that drives something else. 14. Something that drives something else. Example: Among the driver and screw types available, you'll find several cross-slot varieties including the Reed & Prince […] 15. Something that drives something else. 16. Something that drives something else. Labels: in-plural Example: The later iterations of these locomotives had 56-inch drivers. Example: With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works.