| Library / English Dictionary |
TRAINER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
Synonyms:
flight simulator; trainer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trainer" is a kind of...):
simulator (a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trainer"):
Link trainer (an early form of flight simulator)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One who trains other persons or animals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trainer" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trainer"):
coach; handler; manager ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team)
animal trainer; handler (one who trains or exhibits animals)
Derivation:
train (create by training and teaching)
train (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports)
train (educate for a future role or function)
Context examples:
There have been cases before now where trainers have made sure of great sums of money by laying against their own horses, through agents, and then preventing them from winning by fraud.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was twenty minutes, and the reds had all faded into greys before Holmes and the trainer reappeared.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then, having left the door open behind him, he was leading the horse away over the moor, when he was either met or overtaken by the trainer.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hunter waited until his fellow-grooms had returned, when he sent a message to the trainer and told him what had occurred.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two of the lads walked up to the trainer’s house, where they had supper in the kitchen, while the third, Ned Hunter, remained on guard.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer’s house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross’s colours before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He has served the Colonel for five years as jockey and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a zealous and honest servant.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The door was open; inside, huddled together upon a chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of absolute stupor, the favourite’s stall was empty, and there were no signs of his trainer.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Immediately beyond there was a bowl-shaped depression in the moor, and at the bottom of this was found the dead body of the unfortunate trainer.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
