driver

1. n. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. Source: opted

2. n. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. Source: opted

3. n. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. Source: opted

4. n. A part that link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/transmits">transmits link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/motion">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: Source: opted

5. n. The driving wheel of a locomotive. Source: opted

6. n. An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. Source: opted

7. n. A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. Source: opted

8. n. The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Source: opted

9. n. the operator of a motor vehicle Source: wordnet

10. n. someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle Source: wordnet

11. n. a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver Source: wordnet

12. n. (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device Source: wordnet

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