Etymology 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.
I have a coach waiting. During intermission, would you consent to accompany me for a cooling ride around the city?1989 February 12, Jennifer Justice, “A Night At The Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 30, page 9:
Australia, UK A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
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Nautical, Transport 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.1660 May 12 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 3rd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893, →OCLC:
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US The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.
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US The lower-fare service whose passengers sit in this part of the airplane or train; economy class.
Etymology 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.
Affecting genteel fashions, coaching it to all quarters1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men:
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To convey in a coach.
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 last1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
Etymology 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.
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US Via the part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; via the economy section.
John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.