coach

coach [kōch]

n.

[Fr coche < Ger kutsche < Hung kocsi ( szekér), (carriage of) Kócs, village in Hungary where it was first used]

1. a large, covered, four-wheeled carriage used in the 16th-19th cent. as a public conveyance, with seats for passengers inside and an open, raised seat in front for the driver; stagecoach

☆ 2. a railroad passenger car furnishing the lowest-priced seating accommodations

3. the lowest-priced class of accommodations on some airlines

4. a BUS (sense 1)

5. an enclosed automobile, usually a two-door sedan

6. [orig., university slang] a private tutor who prepares a student in a subject or for an examination

7. an instructor or trainer, as of athletes, actors, or singers

☆ 8. Baseball a member of the team at bat, stationed near first and near third base to signal and direct the base runners and batters

9. Sports the person who is in overall charge of a team and the strategy in games: cf., for baseball, MANAGER (sense c): often called head coach

vt.

1. Rare to carry in a coach

2. to instruct in a subject, or prepare for an examination, by private tutoring

3. to instruct and train (athletes, actors, etc.)

vi.

1. to ride in a coach

2. to act as a coach