coach
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Noun (5)coaches
- (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a teamSynonyms: managerhandlerType of trainerKinds conditioner, tennis coach, basketball coach, football coach, baseball coach, hockey coachExamples McGraw, John McGraw
- a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)Synonyms: private instructortutorType of teacher, instructorKinds crammer
- a railcar where passengers rideSynonyms: passenger carcarriageType of car, railcarKinds dining car, Pullman, nonsmoker, smoker, sleeping car, parlor carMember of passenger train
- a carriage pulled by four horses with one driverSynonyms: four-in-handcoach-and-fourType of carriage, equipageKinds stagecoach, stageParts box, box seat
- a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport“he always rode the bus to work”Synonyms: busautobuscharabancdouble-deckerjitneymotorbusmotorcoachomnibuspassenger vehicleType of public transportKinds school bus, trolleybus, minibusParts window, roofMember of fleet
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Translations
Noun trainer, sports coach
- Spanish
- entrenador
- French
- entraîneur
- German
- Trainer
- Italian
- allenatore
- Portuguese
- treinador
- Turkish
- antrenör
- Russian
- тре́нер tréner
- Arabic
- مُدَرِّب mudarrib
- Chinese
- 教练 jiàoliàn
- Japanese
- コーチ kōchi
36 more languages
- Dutch
- trainer
- Polish
- trener
- Swedish
- tränare
- Greek
- προπονητής proponitís
- Korean
- 코치 kochi
- Indonesian
- pelatih
- Vietnamese
- huấn luyện viên
- Hungarian
- edző
- Portuguese (PT)
- treinador
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 教練 jiàoliàn
- Albanian
- trajner
- Breton
- gourdoner
- Catalan
- entrenador
- Corsican
- allenatore
- Czech
- trenér
- Danish
- træner
- Esperanto
- trejnisto
- Estonian
- treener
- Finnish
- valmentaja
- Georgian
- მწვრთნელი mc̣vrtneli
- Hebrew
- מְאַמֵּן me'amén
- Icelandic
- þjálfari
- Kurdish
- rahêner
- Latvian
- treneris
- Lithuanian
- treneris
- Malagasy
- mpanazatra
- Norwegian
- trener
- Romanian
- antrenor
- Scottish Gaelic
- coidse
- Serbo-Croatian
- trener
- Slovak
- tréner
- Slovenian
- trener
- Swahili
- kocha
- Walloon
- etrinneu
- Welsh
- hyfforddwr
- Yiddish
- טרענער trener
Noun rail passenger car
Noun long-distance bus
- Spanish
- autocar
- French
- autocar
- German
- Reisebus
- Italian
- pullman
- Portuguese
- ônibus
- Turkish
- şehirlerarası otobüs
- Russian
- авто́бус avtóbus
- Chinese
- 长途汽车 chángtú qìchē
- Japanese
- 長距離バス chōkyori basu
- Dutch
- touringcar
12 more languages
- Polish
- autokar
- Swedish
- buss
- Vietnamese
- xe khách
- Hungarian
- távolsági autóbusz
- Portuguese (PT)
- autocarro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 長途汽車 chángtú qìchē
- Breton
- karr-boutin
- Catalan
- autocar
- Danish
- rutebil
- Finnish
- linja-auto
- Norwegian
- turbuss
- Romanian
- autocar
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. …, akin to Skr. çankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.
1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
☞ Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination. colloquial
Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach.— pseud. of Mary Ann
3. Nautical A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] obsolete
The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach.— Pepys.
4. Railroads A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
5. One who coaches; specif. sports, a trainer; one who assists in training individual athletes or the members of a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions in sports; as, a third base coach.
1. To convey in a coach. Alexander Pope
2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. colloquial
I coached him before he got his scholarship.— pseud. of Mary Ann
To drive or to ride in a coach; — sometimes used with it. colloquial “Coaching it to all quarters.” Edward Waterhouse
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC