Coach : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Coach	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coach n (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team Synonym(s): coach, manager, handler a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) Synonym(s): coach, private instructor, tutor a railcar where passengers ride Synonym(s): passenger car, coach, carriage a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver Synonym(s): coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" Synonym(s): bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle v teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew" Synonym(s): coach, train drive a coach
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n. 1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the {coach}. (b) A privy near the bow of the vessel. 3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaching}.] 1. To convey in a coach. --Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coach \Coach\, v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [Colloq.] [bd]Coaching it to all quarters.[b8] --E. Waterhouse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. [87]ankha. Cf. {Conch}, {Cockboat}, {Cockle}.] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. --G. Eliot. 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also {couch}.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. --Pepys. 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.