coach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊtʃ/
ipa: [kʰəʊ̯tʃ]
ipa: /koʊt͡ʃ/
ipa: [kʰoʊ̯t͡ʃ]
rhymes: -əʊtʃ
Forms: form: coaches
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest.
The meaning "instructor/trainer" is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a "tutor" who "carries" one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
Senses: examples: text: I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?
ref: 1989 February 12, Jennifer Justice, “A Night At The Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 9:
synonyms: carriage
glosses: A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: carriage
glosses: A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
examples: text: football coach
text: spelling coach
text: public coach
text: horseriding coach
text: politics coach
glosses: A trainer or instructor.
glosses: A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
examples: text: The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.
ref: 1660 May 13 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 3rd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
examples: text: We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.
glosses: The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
glosses: The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
Derived terms: word: accommodation coach
word: aircoach
word: autocoach
word: baby coach
word: camping coach
word: coach and four
word: coach and horses
word: coach bolt
word: coach box
word: coachbox
word: coachbuilder
word: coachbuilding
word: coach-built
word: coachbuilt
word: coach dog
word: coachdog
word: coach driver
word: coacher
word: coachfellow
word: coachful
word: coach gun
word: coachhood
word: coach horn
word: coachhorse
word: coach horse
word: coach house
word: coach inn
word: coach killer
word: coach lamp
word: coachless
word: coachlet
word: coachlike
word: coachline
word: coachload
word: coachmaker
word: coachmaking
word: coachman
word: coachmark
word: coachmaster
word: coachmate
word: coach-office
word: coach roof
word: coach screw
word: coachsmith
word: coachspeak
word: coachstand
word: coach up
word: coachwheel
taxonomic: Fouquieria splendens
word: coachwhip
word: coachwoman
word: coachwood
word: coachwork
word: coachwright
word: coachyard
word: dating coach
word: daycoach
word: devil's coach-horse
word: drive a coach and horses through
word: drive a coach and six through
word: encoach
word: get-back coach
word: glass coach
word: head coach
word: life coach
word: lozenge coach
word: mailcoach
word: motorcoach
word: motor-coach
word: motor coach
word: quiet coach
word: roach coach
word: rural coach
word: slip coach
word: slowcoach
word: slumbercoach
word: slumber coach
word: stage-coach
word: stagecoach
word: supercoach
word: who's robbing this coach
Related terms: coachee