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coach noun [ kəʊtʃ ]

• a comfortably equipped single-decker bus used for longer journeys.
• "a coach trip"
Similar: bus, minibus, van, motor coach, omnibus, charabanc, greyhound,
• a railway carriage.
Similar: carriage, wagon, compartment, van, Pullman, car,
• a closed horse-drawn carriage.
Similar: horse-drawn carriage, trap, hackney, hansom, gig, landau, brougham, cab,

coach verb

• travel by coach.
• "fly or coach to the shores of the Mediterranean"

coach adverb

• in economy class accommodation in an aircraft or train.
• "many employees are now flying coach instead of business class to Europe"
Origin: mid 16th century(in coach1 (sense 3 of the noun)): from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs’, a town in Hungary.

coach noun

• an instructor or trainer in sport.
• "a football coach"
Similar: instructor, trainer, teacher, tutor, mentor, guru, crammer, pedagogue,

coach verb

• train or instruct (a team or player).
• "he moved on to coach the England team"
Origin: early 18th century (as a verb): figuratively from coach1.

drive a coach and horses through

• make (something) ineffective.
"he's driving a coach and horses through our environmental legislation"

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