[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, Lett. 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. J. Baretti, Acc. Manners & Cust. Italy, II. 315. Nor would I have Mr. Sharpe’s advice followed; that of hiring voiturins through Savoy.
