coach
coach
(kōch) noun
1.
a. A motorbus. b. A railroad passenger car. c. A closed automobile, usually with two doors. d. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage with an elevated exterior seat for the driver; a stagecoach.
2. An economical class of passenger accommodations on a commercial airplane or a train.
3. Sports. A person who trains or directs athletes or athletic teams.
4. a. A person who gives instruction, as in singing or acting. b. A private tutor employed to prepare a student for an examination.
verb
, transitive & intransitive
coached, coaching, coaches
1.
To train or tutor or to act as a trainer or tutor.
2.
To transport by or ride in a coach.
[French coche, from obsolete German Kotsche, from Hungarian kocsi, after Kocs, a town of northwest Hungary (where such carriages were first made).]
coach
ʹable adjective
coach
ʹer noun