trainer

[trey-ner]

noun

1. a person or thing that trains.

2. a staff member on an athletic team who gives first aid and therapy to injured players.

3. a person who trains athletes; coach.

4. a person who trains racehorses or other animals for contests, shows, or performances.

5. an airplane or a simulated aircraft used in training train aircrew members, especially pilots.

trainer

/ ˈtreɪnə /

noun

1. a person who trains athletes in a sport

2. a piece of equipment employed in training, such as a simulated aircraft cockpit

3. horse racing a person who schools racehorses and prepares them for racing

4. (plural) an informal name for training shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of trainer¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; train + -er ¹

Example Sentences

These horses occasionally answered the call of nature, creating a bacteria-filled environment that required the athletic trainer to keep a supply of tetanus shots on hand, to be administered when players’ wounds broke the skin.

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This should take place under the supervision of a coach or athletic trainer, he says.

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The world number 30 called for the trainer after falling a double break down in the second set, and had her blood pressure and temperature taken before retiring.

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There are few roles in horse racing, besides trainer or jockey, that Siegel didn’t perform since he first got a job in the publicity department at Hollywood Park in 1974.

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For the third time in less than a year, a high school athletic trainer has helped stabilize a patient in distress.

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