Definition of: coach

(kōch) noun
1. A large four-wheeled closed carriage.
2. A two-door, two-seated, closed automobile.
3. A stagecoach.
4. A passenger bus.
5. A railway passenger car, usually providing the lowest-priced accommodations on a train.
6. A private tutor.
7. A trainer and director in athletics.
7. In baseball, a member of the team at bat stationed near first or third base to advise the base runners.
—v.t.
1. To tutor or train; prepare by training or drilling.
2. To place or carry in a coach.
3. In baseball, to direct base runners in their movements, as from first or third base.
—v.i.
4. To study with or be trained by a coach or trainer.
5. To act as coach or trainer.
6. To ride or drive in a coach. [<MF coche <Magyar kocsi of Kocs, a Hungarian village where first used]