01 n. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
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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.
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3.
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
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4.
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:(Mach.)
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The driving wheel of a locomotive.
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6.
The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.(Naut.)
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7.
An implement used for driving;
Phrases & compounds
Driver ant —
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.