Definition of coach

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coach    (kch) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A motorbus.
   2. A railroad passenger car.
   3. A closed automobile, usually with two doors.
   4. 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. 1. A person who gives instruction, as in singing or acting.
   2. A private tutor employed to prepare a student for an examination.

tr. & intr.v.
coached, coach·ing, coach·es

1. To train or tutor or to act as a trainer or tutor.
2. To transport by or ride in a coach.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French coche, from obsolete German Kotsche, from Hungarian kocsi, after Kocs, a town of northwest Hungary (where such carriages were first made)

OTHER FORMS:
coacha·ble(Adjective), coacher(Noun)