COACH


Meaning of COACH in English

~ 1

■ noun

1》 Brit. a comfortably equipped single-decker bus used for longer journeys.

2》 a railway carriage.

3》 (also ~ class ) N. Amer. economy-class seating in an aircraft or train.

4》 a closed horse-drawn carriage.

■ verb travel or convey by ~.

Derivatives

~load noun

Origin

C16: from Fr. coche , from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) '(wagon) from Kocs ', a town in Hungary.

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~ 2

■ noun

1》 an instructor or trainer in sport.

2》 a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching.

3》 Austral. another term for ~er .

■ verb train or teach as a ~.

Origin

C18: figuratively from ~ 1 .

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