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train·er

(trā′nər)

1. One who trains, especially one who coaches athletes, racehorses, or show animals.

2. A contrivance or apparatus used in training.

3. A member of a naval gun crew who trains cannons horizontally.

4. Chiefly British A sneaker or tennis shoe.

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trainer

(ˈtreɪnə)

1. (General Sporting Terms) a person who trains athletes in a sport

2. a piece of equipment employed in training, such as a simulated aircraft cockpit

3. (Horse Racing) horse racing a person who schools racehorses and prepares them for racing

4. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) an informal name for training shoes

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train•er

(ˈtreɪ nər)

n.

1. a person or thing that trains.

2. a staff member of an athletic team who attends to injured players.

3. a person who trains athletes; coach.

4. a person who trains racehorses or other animals for contests or performances.

5. an airplane or a simulated aircraft used in training crew members, esp. pilots.

[1590–1600]

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Noun	1.	trainer - one who trains other persons or animals leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others coach, manager, handler - (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team animal trainer, handler - one who trains or exhibits animals
	2.	trainer - simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane flight simulator Link trainer - an early form of flight simulator simulator - a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research

trainer

noun

1. coach, manager, guide, adviser, tutor, instructor, counsellor, guru, handler She went to the gym with her trainer.

2. training shoe, sneaker (U.S.), running shoe, sports shoe For many, wearing the fashionable kind of trainers is all-important.

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trainer

noun

One who educates:

educator, instructor, pedagogue, teacher, tutor.

Translations

طائِرَة تَدْريبمُدَرِّب مُدَرِّب

trenércvičné letadlo-ka

trænerskolefly

Ausbilder Schulflugzeug Trainer

εκπαιδευτής προπονητής

entrenador preparador amaestrador

juoksukenkälenkkarilenkkitossuvalmentaja

entraîneur formateur avion-école basket

instruktor

edzőgyakorlórepülõgéptréner

æfingaflugvélòjálfari

allenatore addestratore aereo d'addestramento

コーチトレーナー

훈련관

trainer

dressør instruktør skolefly

trener

treinador

тренер кроссовка

cvičné lietadlo

dreseršportni copattrener

tränare

ผู้ฝึก

antrenör eğiticieğitim uçağıeğitmen

huấn luyện viên

教官教练员教练机训兽师

trainer

[ˈtreɪnəʳ] N

1. (Sport) [of athletes, gymnasts, footballers] → entrenador(a) m/f; [of horses] → preparador(a) m/f; [of circus animals] → domador(a) m/f

2. (= plane) → entrenador m

3. trainers (= shoes) → zapatillas fpl de deporte

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trainer

[ˈtreɪnə^r]

(in sport) → entraîneur/euse m/f

[animals] → dresseur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trainer

(Sport, of racehorse) → Trainer(in) m(f); (of animals) → Dresseur(in) m(f); (in circus) → Dompteur m, → Dompteuse f

(Brit: = shoe) → Turnschuh m

trainer

trainer pants

pl → Windelslip m

trainer plane

n (Aviat) → Schulflugzeug nt

trainer’s bench

n (Sport) → Trainerbank f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trainer

[ˈtreɪnəʳ] n

a. (Sport) → allenatore/trice; (of circus animals) → domatore/trice; (of dogs) → addestratore/trice

b. (Brit) (shoe) → scarpa da ginnastica

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

train²

(trein) verb

1. to prepare, be prepared, or prepare oneself, through instruction, practice, exercise etc, for a sport, job, profession etc. I was trained as a teacher; The race-horse was trained by my uncle.

2. to point or aim (a gun, telescope etc) in a particular direction. He trained the gun on/at the soldiers.

3. to make (a tree, plant etc) grow in a particular direction.

trained adjective

(negative untrained) having had teaching. She's a trained nurse; a well-trained dog.

ˌtraiˈnee noun

a person who is being trained. He's a trainee with an industrial firm; (also adjective) a trainee teacher.

ˈtrainer noun

1. a person who prepares people or animals for sport, a race etc.

2. an aircraft used for training pilots.

ˈtraining noun

1. preparation for a sport. He has gone into training for the race.

2. the process of learning (the practical side of) a job. It takes many years of training to be a doctor.

trainer

→ مُدَرِّب trenér træner Trainer προπονητής entrenador valmentaja formateur instruktor allenatore コーチ 훈련관 trainer instruktør trener treinador тренер tränare ผู้ฝึก eğitmen huấn luyện viên 教官

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The trainer was not slow to note the boy's handsome, eager face, and as one of Ajax's biggest hits consisted in an entry to one or more boxes during his performance, ostensibly in search of a long-lost relative, as the trainer explained, the man realized the effectiveness of sending him into the box with the handsome boy, who, doubtless, would be terror stricken by proximity to the shaggy, powerful beast.

When the time came, therefore, for the ape to return from the wings in reply to an encore the trainer directed its attention to the boy who chanced to be the sole occupant of the box in which he sat.

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There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer. When, therefore, he suddenly announced his intention of setting out for the scene of the drama it was only what I had both expected and hoped for.

The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross's colors before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair.

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THE Trainer of a Pugilist consulted a Physician regarding the champion's diet.

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During the last few days he had not ridden her out for exercise himself, but had put her in the charge of the trainer, and so now he positively did not know in what condition his mare had arrived yesterday and was today.

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"My dear," Harley said to Villa at the conclusion of one such singing, "it's fortunate for him that you are not an animal trainer, or, rather, I suppose, it would be better called 'trained animal show-woman'; for you'd be topping the bill in all the music-halls and vaudeville houses of the world."

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Geoffrey had sent to London for a trainer; and the whole household was on the tip-toe of expectation to witness the magnificent spectacle of an athlete preparing himself for a foot-race.

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For THIS am I from the heart and from the beginning--drawing, hither- drawing, upward-drawing, upbringing; a drawer, a trainer, a training- master, who not in vain counselled himself once on a time: "Become what thou art!"

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We had a skilled trainer, and under his instructions we were getting our legs in the right condition for the contemplated pedestrian tours; we were well satisfied with the progress which we had made in the German language,

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Some of them even owned automobiles and traveled with a retinue of trainers and servants.

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The imagination of another, a lad who had never before been in a town at all, fell to the glamour of music-halls and bar parlours; he spent his time among racing-men, tipsters, and trainers, and now was become a book-maker's clerk.

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