[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spanker \spank"er\ spa^ngk"~er, n.
   1. one who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for
      spanking.
      1913 webster

   2. naut. the after sail of a ship or bark, being a
      fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; --
      sometimes called driver. see illust. under sail.
      --totten.
      1913 webster

   3. one who takes long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast
      horse. colloq.
      1913 webster

   4. something very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as
      a stout or tall person. colloq.
      1913 webster

   spanker boom naut., a boom to which a spanker sail is
      attached. see illust. of ship.
      1913 webster
see also:
driver sail spanker boom ship 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

driver \driv"er\, n. from drive.
   1. one who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that
      urges or compels anything else to move onward.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc

   3. an overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at
      their work.
      1913 webster

   4. mach. 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.
          1913 webster

   5. naut. the after sail in a ship or bark, being a
      fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. --totten.
      1913 webster

   6. an implement used for driving; as:
      a a mallet.
      b a tamping iron.
      c a cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
      d a wooden-headed golf club with a long shaft, for
          playing the longest strokes.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   driver ant zool., 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
drive driver ant anomma arcens 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

driver
     n 1: the operator of a motor vehicle ant: nondriver
     2: someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
     3: a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
     4: computer science a program that determines how a computer
        will communicate with a peripheral device syn: device
        driver
     5: a golf club a wood with a near vertical face that is used
        for hitting long shots from the tee syn: number one wood
see also:
nondriver device driver number one wood 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

112 moby thesaurus words for "driver":
   jehu, simon legree, sunday driver, absolute monarch,
   absolute ruler, agent, airscrew, all-powerful ruler, arrogator,
   autarch, autocrat, backseat driver, boy, bullwhacker, bus driver,
   busman, butler, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, caesar, cameleer, carter,
   cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero,
   commissar, conductor, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian,
   drayman, duce, elephant driver, engineer, equerry, fan,
   functionary, gardener, gentleman, gharry-wallah, gillie, hack,
   hackdriver, hackman, hacky, handler, hard master, harness racer,
   hit-and-run driver, houseboy, houseman, impeller, jitney driver,
   joyrider, lord-in-waiting, mahout, man, manipulator, manservant,
   martinet, motorist, mule skinner, muleteer, oligarch, operant,
   operative, operator, oppressor, paddle wheel, pharaoh, pilot,
   piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, reinsman, road hog,
   rotor, runner, screw, screw propeller, skinner, slave driver,
   speeder, stage coachman, steersman, stickler, taxidriver, teamster,
   truck driver, trucker, truckman, turbine, twin screws, tyrant,
   usurper, valet, valet de chambre, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner,
   wagonman, warlord, wheel, whip

[5] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

driver n. 1. the main loop of an event-processing program; the code
   that gets commands and dispatches them for execution. 2. techspeak in
   `device driver', code designed to handle a particular peripheral device
   such as a magnetic disk or tape unit. 3. in the tex world and the
   computerized typesetting world in general, a program that translates
   some device-independent or other common format to something a real
   device can actually understand.


see also:
main loop 

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

driver
     
        1.  device driver.
     
        2.  the main loop of an event-processing
        program; the code that gets commands and dispatches them for
        execution.
     
        3.  in the tex world and the computerised typesetting
        world in general, a program that translates some
        device-independent or other common format to something a real
        device can actually understand.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
device driver main loop tex jargon file 

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

driver. one employed in conducting a coach, carriage, wagon, or other 
vehicle, with horses, mules, or other animals. 
     2. frequent accidents occur in consequence of the neglect or want of 
skill of drivers of public stage coaches, for which the employers are 
responsible. 
     3. the law requires that a driver should possess reasonable skill and 
be of good habits for the journey; if, therefore, he is not acquainted with 
the road he undertakes to drive; 3 bingh. rep. 314, 321; drives with reins 
so loose that he cannot govern his horses; 2 esp. r. 533; does not give 
notice of any serious danger on the road; 1 camp. r. 67; takes the wrong 
side of the road; 4 esp. r. 273; incautiously comes in collision with 
another carriage; 1 stark. r. 423; 1 campb. r. 167; or does not exercise a 
sound and reasonable discretion in travelling on the road, to avoid dangers 
and difficulties, and any accident happens by which any passenger is 
injured, both the driver and his employers will be responsible. 2 stark. r. 
37; 3 engl. c. l. rep. 233; 2 esp. r. 533; 11. mass. 57; 6 t. r. 659; 1 
east, r. 106; 4 b.  a. 590; 6 eng. c. l. r. 528; 2 mc lean, r. 157. vide 
common carriers negligence; quasi offence.    

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

driver, ar
  zip codes: 72329

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