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The word "chauffeur" was originally used to describe people who did not drive the vehicle, but threw coal or wood into the firebox of the engine room. Literally translated from French, where it came from, chauffeur means "fireman, stoker".



The word chauffeur, word chauffeur, chauffeur, did not drive the vehicle, threw coal, threw wood into the firebox, into the firebox of the engine room, Literally translated from French, chauffeur means fireman, chauffeur means stoker
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00:00The word chauffeur was originally used to describe people who did not drive the vehicle
00:08but threw coal or wood into the firebox of the engine room, literally translated from
00:16French.
00:17Where it came from, chauffeur means fireman, stoker.
00:23Since the engine of the first cars was a steam engine, drivers had to fire it up.
00:30So by analogy with the stokers of a steam locomotive, they also began to be called drivers.

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