driver

n. ஓட்டுபவர், வண்டியோட்டி, ஊர்தி வலவர், குழிப்பந்தாட்டத்தில் தொடக்கஇடத்திலிருந்து பந்தெறிவதற்குப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் கைத்தடி, (இயந்) நேர்முகமாகத் திறனைப் பெறுகிற சக்கரம், விசை ஆக்கத்துடன் இணைந்த உறுப்பு.

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Driv"er, n. Etym: [From Drive.] 1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward. 2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive. 3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work. 4. (Mach.) Defn: 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: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. 5. (Naut.) Defn: The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Totten. Driver ant (Zoöl.), 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.

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