coach

Noun

1. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
2. (Australia, UK) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
3. A trainer or instructor.
4. (Australia, British) 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. (US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
7. (US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To train.
2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
3. (intransitive) To study under a tutor.
4. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
5. (transitive) To convey in a coach.

Adv

Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəʊtʃ/

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.

Synonyms

carriage

train

🚋

trainer

tutor

bus

🚌

car

🚗

instruct

drill

instructor

teach

teacher

🧑‍🏫

guide

wagon

omnibus

motorbus

handler

railway carriage

cart

educate

manager

double-decker

director

vehicle

private instructor

cab

conditioner

passenger car

mentor

autobus

long-distance bus

discipline

motorcoach

passenger vehicle

diligence

coach-and-four

waggon

railroad car

jitney

controller

four-in-hand

stagecoach

coacher

educator

chariot

charabanc

buggy

practise

don

carry away

bring away

Translations

entraîneur

allenatore

coche

🚗

Trainer

autobus

🚌

entrenador

carrozza

Wagen

vettura

🚗

entraîner

trener

vagón

άμαξα

Kutsche

voiture

🚗

Sentences

The head coach was Kippy Brown .

DeBerry was promoted to head coach .

He later served as the assistant manager of the Bruins and the Bruins' coach .