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Noun: coach  kowch
  1. (sport) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
    - manager, handler
     
  2. (singing) a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
    - private instructor, tutor
     
  3. A railcar where passengers ride
    - passenger car, carriage
     
  4. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
    "he always rode the coach to work";
    - bus, autobus, charabanc [Brit], double-decker, jitney [N. Amer, informal], motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle
     
  5. A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
    - four-in-hand, coach-and-four
Verb: coach  kowch
  1. Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
    "She is coaching the crew";
    - train
     
  2. (driving) drive or operate a coach or carriage

Derived forms: coaches, coaching, coached

Type of: bogie [Asia], car, carriage, drive, educator, equipage, instruct, instructor, learn, public transport, railcar, railroad car [N. Amer], railway car [Brit, Cdn], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], rig, teach, teacher, trainer

Part of: fleet, passenger train

Encyclopedia: Coach, Inc