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Webster 1913 Edition

Coach

Coach

(kōch; 224)
,
Noun.
[F.
coche
, fr. It.
cocchio
, dim. of
cocca
little boat, fr. L.
concha
mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [GREEK], akin to Skr.
çankha
. Cf.
Conch
,
Cockboat
,
Cockle
.]
1.
A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
☞ Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
2.
A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination.
[Colloq.]
Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester
coach
.
G. Eliot.
3.
(Naut.)
A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
[Written also
couch
.]
[Obs.]
The commanders came on board and the council sat in the
coach
.
Pepys.
4.
(Railroad)
A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.

Coach

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coached
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Coaching
.]
1.
To convey in a coach.
Pope.
2.
To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
[Colloq.]
I
coached
him before he got his scholarship.
G. Eliot.

Coach

,
Verb.
I.
To drive or to ride in a coach; – sometimes used with
it.
[Colloq.]
“Coaching it to all quarters.”
E. Waterhouse.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coach

COACH

,
Noun.
A close vehicle for commodious traveling, borne on four wheels, and drawn by horses or other animals. It differs from a chariot in having seats in front, as well as behind. It is a carriage of state, or for pleasure, or for travelling.
Hackney-coach, a coach kept for hire. In some cities, they are licensed by authority, and numbered, and the rates of fare fixed by law.
Mail-coach, a coach that carries the public mails.
Stage-coach, a coach that regularly conveys passengers from town to town. [See Stage.]

Definition 2024

Coach

Coach

See also: coach

German

Noun

Coach m ‎(genitive Coaches or Coachs or Coach, plural Coaches or Coachs or Coache)

  1. coach (trainer or instructor)

Synonyms

Related terms

  • Coaching

coach

coach

See also: Coach

English

Noun

coach ‎(plural coaches)

A 'bus' coach.
  1. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  2. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
  3. A trainer or instructor.
  4. (Britain, Australia) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  5. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
    • Samuel Pepys
      The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach.
  6. (chiefly US) That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares. The economy section.
    John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

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Derived terms

Translations

Verb

coach ‎(third-person singular simple present coaches, present participle coaching, simple past and past participle coached)

  1. (sports) To train.
  2. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
    She has coached many opera stars.
  3. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
    • E. Waterhouse
      Coaching it to all quarters.
  4. (transitive) To convey in a coach.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ↑ “coach” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing from English coach.

Noun

coach m ‎(plural coaches or coachen, diminutive coachje n)

  1. trainer, instructor
  2. counselor

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English coach.

Noun

coach m ‎(plural coachs)

  1. coach, trainer, instructor

Derived terms

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English coach.

Noun

coach m ‎(invariable)

  1. coach (sports instructor)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English coach.

Noun

coach m ‎(plural coaches)

  1. (sports) coach

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English coach.

Noun

coach c

  1. coach; a trainer or instructor

Declension

Inflection of coach 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative coach coachen coacher coacherna
Genitive coachs coachens coachers coachernas

Etymology

From English coach, itself from German Kutsche. For information on the semantic development, see the English lemma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːtʃ/, /kɔʊ̯tʃ/

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