driver Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the operator of a motor vehicle
noun someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle
noun a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver
noun (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
device driver.
noun a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee
number one wood.

From Drive.

One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
(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.
(Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Totten.