driver

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who controls and operates a vehicle.

   The bus driver waited for the last passenger to sit down.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that causes or strongly influences a change or event.

   Rising fuel costs were a major driver of inflation.

3. 3
   noun

   A program that lets a computer work with a connected device.

   You need to install a new driver for the printer.

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”).

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