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trainer - 4 dictionary results

train⋅er

[trey-ner]
–noun
1. a person or thing that trains.
2. a staff member on an athletic team who gives first aid and therapy to injured players.
3. a person who trains athletes; coach.
4. a person who trains racehorses or other animals for contests, shows, or performances.
5. an airplane or a simulated aircraft used in training aircrew members, esp. pilots.

Origin:
1590–1600; train + -er 1
train·er   (trā'nər)   
n.  
  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.

Trainer

Train"er\, n. 1. One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

2. A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Language Translation for : trainer
Spanish: entrenador,
German: der, *die Ausbilder, *(in),
Japanese: 訓練者

trainer

in military aviation, an airplane that is designed and used to train pilots to operate advanced aircraft effectively. The complicated modern military airplane requires a high degree of skill on the part of pilots. Military training programs commonly make use of a single-engine aircraft for primary training phases, with twin-jet trainers for transition stages

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