coach

Meaning

1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
2. A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
3. A trainer or instructor.
4. A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
5. The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
6. The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
7. The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

carriage

train

private instructor

passenger vehicle

long-distance bus

coach-and-four

hansom cab

motor bus

Pullman

person who gives directions and advice

be troubled about

worry over

coach bus

bring up with care

railroad vehicle

bring away

economy class

motor coach

stage director

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəʊtʃ/

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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