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Coach
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- 1 Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section. US, not-comparable
"John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home."
- 1 A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
"I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?"
- 2 a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport wordnet
- 3 A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit. Australia, UK
- 4 a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver wordnet
- 5 A trainer or instructor.
"football coach"
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- 6 a railcar where passengers ride wordnet
- 7 A long-distance, or privately hired, bus. Australia, British
- 8 a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) wordnet
- 9 The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
"The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach."
- 10 (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team wordnet
- 11 The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section. US
"We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach."
- 12 The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class. US
- 1 To train. intransitive
- 2 teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports wordnet
- 3 To instruct; to train. transitive
"She has coached many opera stars."
- 4 drive or operate a coach or carriage wordnet
- 5 To study under a tutor. intransitive
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- 6 To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it). intransitive
"Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters"
- 7 To convey in a coach. transitive
"The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last"
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
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