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Origin of coach
First recorded in 1550â60; 1840â50 for sense âtutorâ; earlier coche(e), from Middle French coche, from German Kotsche, Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, short for kocsi szekĂ©r âcart of Kocs,â town on the main road between Vienna and Budapest; senses referring to tutoring from the conception of the tutor as one who carries the student through examinations
OTHER WORDS FROM coach
Words nearby coach
Cnut, Co, COA, coacervate, coacervation, coach, coach-and-four, coach bolt, coach box, coach-built, coach class
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How to use coach in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for coach
coach
/ (kÉÊtÊ) /
noun
verb
to give tuition or instruction to (a pupil)
(tr) to transport in a bus or coach
Derived forms of coach
coacher, nounWord Origin for coach
C16: from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi szekér wagon of Kocs, village in Hungary where coaches were first made; in the sense: to teach, probably from the idea that the instructor carried his pupils
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