coach - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Nowadays, we mostly think of a coach as someone who trains a team, but it can also refer to a vehicle, such as a horse-drawn coach or coach bus (the kind with a bathroom in the back).

The first meaning of coach was in the mid-16th Century for a carriage, probably named for Kocs, the Hungarian village where they were first made and called kocsi. In the mid-19th Century, the name was given to railway cars, and nowadays the least expensive travel class is described as "coach." It's thought that the idea of a coach as a teacher came about because of the idea that a coach "carries" a student to success through his or her teaching.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: coach

1	n v	a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport drive a coach
2	n v	(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: coach

1

n a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Synonyms:: autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle

Types:: minibus
a light bus (4 to 10 passengers); school bus
a bus used to transport children to or from school; trackless trolley, trolley coach, trolleybus
a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires

Type of:: public transport
conveyance for passengers or mail or freight

n a railcar where passengers ride

Synonyms:: carriage, passenger car

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; buffet car, diner, dining car, dining compartment
a passenger car where food is served in transit; nonsmoker, nonsmoking car
a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke; chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour car
a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs; Pullman, Pullman car
luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel; sleeper, sleeping car, wagon-lit
a passenger car that has berths for sleeping; smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke

Type of:: car, railcar, railroad car, railway car
a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

n a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

Synonyms:: coach-and-four, four-in-hand

Types:: stage, stagecoach
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

Type of:: carriage, equipage, rig
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

v drive a coach

Type of:: drive
operate or control a vehicle

2

n (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

Synonyms:: handler, manager

Examples:: John Joseph McGraw
United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934); Charles Dillon Stengel
United States baseball manager (1890-1975)

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; baseball coach, baseball manager
a coach of baseball players; basketball coach
a coach of basketball players; conditioner
a trainer of athletes; football coach
a coach of football players; hockey coach
a coach of hockey players; tennis coach
a coach of tennis players; batting coach
(baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better; line coach
an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen; pitching coach
an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers

Type of:: trainer
one who trains other persons or animals

n a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

Synonyms:: private instructor, tutor

Types:: crammer
a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations

Type of:: instructor, teacher
a person whose occupation is teaching

v teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

“She is coaching the crew”

Synonyms:: train

: train
exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

Type of:: instruct, learn, teach
impart skills or knowledge to