Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coach-driver; especially, a driver of a public coach.
- noun A style of coach highly popular in the southern United States before 1860. The body had but four pillars, those at the doors, the top resting upon these and upon scrolled supports at the ends. It had a hammer-cloth seat, and a foot-board at the rear. The quarters were inclosed with curtains instead of panels or glasses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang A coachman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is
coached (receives training). - noun slang, dated A
coachman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coachee is a carriage peculiar to America; the body of it is somewhat longer than that of a coach, but of the same shape.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798
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For people who want to buy coaching sessions as a gift, Mr. Heng suggests they encourage the "coachee" to find a coach he or she feels comfortable with before booking a package of sessions.
Gifts for the Times 2008
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Everybody shouts it, mule-driver, "coachee," or cattle-driver; and even I, a passenger, fancied I could do it to disagreeable perfection after a time.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Everybody shouts it, mule-driver, "coachee," or cattle-driver; and even I, a passenger, fancied I could do it to disagreeable perfection after a time.
Saunterings Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Inter-organisational working helps broaden the experience of coaches, alleviate coachee or mentee concerns about a perceived lack of confidentiality and fosters joined-up working across different sectors facing similar challenges, says Howells.
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Shipmate o 'mine, thinks I, as he stamped back to the house; I was wet with sweat, and it was with profound relief that I saw his carriage leave a few moments later, my half-caste charmer trilling with laughter and the Scourge of the Seas with his hat jammed down and snarling at the coachee.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Coaches provide a supportive environment to help a coachee to “discover” what God has for them.
Coaching Workers 2007
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We too often jump into teaching or advice-giving before the coachee has had a chance to reflect and hear from God.
Coaching Workers 2007
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Advice-giving is kept to a minimum so that the coachee can discover Holy Spirit-inspired solutions.
Coaching Workers 2007
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Angels aren't always good either, I guess, not that I'm an expert (which might thwart this entire enterprise of Christmas story writing), but what if, say, a guardian angel (they are a common sort of angel, not like archangels, which are more like archbishops), in an attempt to protect his liege (is that how you say it? coachee? client?) harms another person?
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