driver

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DRIVER, noun 1. One who drives; the person or thing that urges or compels any thing else to move. 2. The person who drives beasts. 3. The person who drives a carriage; one who conducts a team. 4. A large sail occasionally set on the mizenyard or gaff, the foot being extended over the stern by a boom.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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