trainor

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noun

A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer.

OriginCebuano trainor ← English trainer ← Middle English trayne →
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Meanings

trainor1

nountrainor (plural trainors)

plural trainors

  1. PhilippinesA person who trains another; a coach, a trainer.

Trainor2

proper nounTrainor (plural Trainors)

plural Trainors

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

trainor · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain
  8. Englishtrainer
  9. Cebuanotrainor
  10. Englishtrainor

Borrowed from Cebuano trainor, itself from English trainer.

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Trainor · proper noun

  1. IrishMac Thréinfhir“son of Thréinfhear”
  2. EnglishTrainor

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.

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APA

trainor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainor

MLA

“trainor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainor.

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