‖ voiturin
[F., f. voiture (cf. prec.), after It. vetturino vetturino.]
1. The driver of a voiture; a voiturier.
| 1768 Sterne Sent. Journ., Case of Delicacy, I contracted with a voiturin to take his time with a couple of mules. 1790 H. Walpole Let. to Miss Berry 9 Nov., I am not surprised at your finding voiturins, or anybody, or anything dearer. c 1832 Mrs. Sherwood in Life xxx. (1847) 524 We have to thank our landlord, who hurried us away under the pretence that the voiturin we had hired to drive us to Nice was obliged to be off that very morning. |
2. A carriage for hire, a voiture.
| 1768 Sterne Sent. Journ., Case of Delicacy, A voiturin arrived with a lady in it, and her servant-maid. 1768 Baretti Acc. Mann. Italy II. 315 Mr. Sharpe's advice..of hiring voiturins through Savoy. |