coach

noun

(originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

(rail transport, UK, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.

(chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.

(chiefly US) The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

(nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

verb

(transitive) To instruct; to train.

(intransitive, sports) To train.

(intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).

(transitive) To convey in a coach.

(intransitive) To study under a tutor.

adverb

(chiefly US) Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.

Roots

kocscoach- · Hungarian · carriage, coach

Synonyms for coach

trainn tutorn busn carriagen instructorn teachern linemann mentorn athleten crammern

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Where does coach come from?

The word coach breaks down into one root of Hungarian origin: the root coach-, from Hungarian kocs (“carriage, coach”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.