coach1
n.
- Brit. a comfortably equipped single-decker bus used for longer journeys.
- a railway carriage.
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(also coach class)
N. Amer. economy-class seating in an aircraft or train.
- a closed horse-drawn carriage.
v.
travel or convey by coach.
Derivative
Etymology
C16: from Fr. coche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs’, a town in Hungary.
coach2
n.
- an instructor or trainer in sport.
- a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching.
- Austral. another term for coacher.
v.
train or teach as a coach.
Etymology
C18: figuratively from coach1.