coacher

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noun

A person who coaches or gives instruction: a coach.

“Near-synonyms: coachman, coachwoman”

Similar
coachmancoachwoman
OriginEnglish coach ← Middle French coche ← German Kutsche →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nouncoacher (plural coachers)

plural coachers

  1. A person who coaches or gives instruction: a coach.
  2. obsoleteA coach driver.

    Near-synonyms: coachman, coachwoman

    Synonyms: coachman, coachwoman

  3. A coach horse.
  4. AustraliaA tame animal used as a lure to attract wild beasts, especially cattle.First known use 19th c.

    Bo said, ‘No good having a trap yard without a bunch of coachers.’

    2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 167

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA coach driver.

Similar
coachmancoachwoman
Also see
coach driver

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  4. Latin*quoquō
  5. Latincoquō
  6. Late Latincoquus
  7. Proto-West Germanic*kok
  8. Old High Germanchoch
  9. Middle High Germankoch
  10. GermanKoch
  11. HungarianKoch
  12. HungarianKocs
  13. Hungariankocsi
  14. GermanKutsche
  15. Middle Frenchcoche
  16. Englishcoach
  17. Englishcoacher

From coach + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

carocherecoach
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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