coach
n. countablen. a person who trains a team or an athlete to improve their skills. It can also mean a large bus used for long trips or a comfortable car on a train.
n. a person responsible for training and directing an athlete or sports team. Also refers to a large, long-distance bus or a specific carriage on a train.
The coach tells the players how to win the game.
We decided to take the overnight coach to London because it was cheaper than the train.
After the team's disappointing performance in the playoffs, the head coach implemented a rigorous new training schedule focused on defensive coordination and stamina.
Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi. According to historians, the coach was named after the small Hungarian town of Kocs, which made a livelihood from cart building and transport between Vienna and Budapest. The meaning “instructor/trainer” is from Oxford University slang (c. 1830) for a “tutor” who “carries” one through an exam; the athletic sense is from 1861.
In British English, 'coach' is the standard term for a long-distance bus, whereas 'bus' usually refers to local transport.