Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who trains, especially one who coaches athletes, racehorses, or show animals.
- noun A contrivance or apparatus used in training.
- noun A member of a naval gun crew who trains cannons horizontally.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Naval, a member of a gun's crew or turret crew whose duty it is to keep his gun, or the axis of the turret, in lateral train exactly on the target. Also called
training-pointer . In modern practice the tendency is to have two persons engaged in keeping the gun on the target, the training-pointer and the firing-pointer. Seegun-pointer . - noun One who trains; an instructor.
- noun One who trains or prepares men, etc., for the performance of feats requiring certain physical fitness, as an oarsman for a boat-race, a pugilist for a prizefight, or a horse for racing.
- noun A militiaman.
- noun A wire or wooden frame upon which flowers or shrubs are trained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
- noun United States A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who trains another; a coach.
- noun UK A running shoe or
sneaker . - noun video games, slang A
patch for avideo game that appliescheats . - noun Attributive form of
trainers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who trains other persons or animals
- noun simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
Etymologies
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Examples
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This generally occurs as the animal trainer is coercing a large and/or dangerous animal into doing something completely alien to its nature for the purpose of entertainment.
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But for the majority of learners, just as a physical trainer is useful in helping gym novices calibrate their objectives, a teacher is well-placed in “adding weights” or “raising the bar” at timely intervals.
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Picture it: I am laying on a massage table with nine acupuncture needles in my left leg, and a physiotherapist attending to my arm, while my trainer is desperately trying to get me to focus on what to eat and what to order.
Courtside with Serena: Resting up for two Aussie Open finals 2009
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The result, according to the trainer, is a “well-behaved and well-balanced dog.”
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I have to admit that one of my biggest challenges as an amateur trainer is knowing the proper amount of pressure to apply when it comes to a reprimand.
What Would You Do? 2009
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He said that if a certified athletic trainer is not available to a school, perhaps contact sports should be avoided.
Concussions In Sports: Athletes' Head Injuries Should Be Reviewed, Experts Say AP 2010
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This generally occurs as the animal trainer is coercing a large and/or dangerous animal into doing something completely alien to its nature for the purpose of entertainment.
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In which I reveal my muffin-top, my inability to properly clean mirrors, and the fact that my personal trainer is a Siamese cat.
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He said that if a certified athletic trainer is not available to a school, perhaps contact sports should be avoided.
Concussions In Sports: Athletes' Head Injuries Should Be Reviewed, Experts Say AP 2010
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Everywhere you turn these days, some “celebrity” dog trainer is talking about being the leader of your pack — in other words, the alpha wolf.
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