COACH

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English coche, from Middle French, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér), literally, wagon from Kocs, Hungary Date: 1556 1. a large usually closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having doors in the sides and an elevated seat in front for the driver, a railroad passenger car intended primarily for day travel, bus 1a, trailer 3b, a 2-door enclosed automobile, a class of passenger air transportation at a lower fare than first class, 2. \from the concept that the tutor conveys the student through examinations] a private tutor, one who instructs or trains , II. verb Date: 1630 intransitive verb to go in a ~, to instruct, direct, or prompt as a ~, transitive verb to train intensively (as by instruction and demonstration) , to act as ~ of , ~able adjective ~er noun