coach

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

• I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?

A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.AustraliaUK

A trainer or instructor.

• football coach
• spelling coach

A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.AustraliaUK

The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.

• The commanders all came on board and the council sat in the coach.

The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.US

• We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.

The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.US

To train.intransitive

To instruct; to train.transitive

• She has coached many opera stars.

To study under a tutor.intransitive

To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).intransitive

• Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters

To convey in a coach.transitive

• The needy poet sticks to all he meets, Coached, carted, trod upon, now loose, now fast. And carried off in some dog's tail at last

Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.USnot-comparable

• John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.