Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who trains, especially one who coaches athletes, racehorses, or show animals.
- n. A contrivance or apparatus used in training.
- n. A member of a naval gun crew who trains cannons horizontally.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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. See gun-pointer.
- n. One who trains; an instructor.
- n. 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.
- n. A militiaman.
- n. A wire or wooden frame upon which flowers or shrubs are trained.
Wiktionary
- n. a person who trains another; a coach
- n. a running shoe or sneaker
- n. A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.
- n. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one who trains other persons or animals
- n. simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
Examples
“In which I reveal my muffin-top, my inability to properly clean mirrors, and the fact that my personal trainer is a Siamese cat.”
“He said that if a certified athletic trainer is not available to a school, perhaps contact sports should be avoided.”
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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.”
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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.”
“Everywhere you turn these days, some “celebrity” dog trainer is talking about being the leader of your pack — in other words, the alpha wolf.”
“The result, according to the trainer, is a “well-behaved and well-balanced dog.””
“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.”
“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.”
“Choosing the right trainer is just as important as picking the right dog food and selecting the right vet.”
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“Louie Psihoyos‘ film follows a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, who use state-of-the-art equipment to infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan “to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.””
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