Origin: French suffix -eur
Chauffeur has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a man paid to drive a privately owned car
"When his wife returned from her shopping trip, she stepped out of the limousine and thanked her personal chauffeur for the ride."
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).
"The local villagers whispered that the notorious chauffeur had returned from the countryside only to burn their barns down."
A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.
drive someone in a vehicle
"After my morning meeting, I called for a chauffeur to take me directly to the airport."
To be, or act as, a chauffeur (driver of a motor car).
"After retiring from his high-stress job in finance, Mark decided to become a chauffeur for the local luxury hotel."