Trainer
['treɪnə] or ['trenɚ]
Definition
(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.
Edited by Bradley
Examples
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Silas Brown, the trainer, is known to have had large bets upon the event, and he was no friend to poor Straker. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hunter waited until his fellow-grooms had returned, when he sent a message to the trainer and told him what had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Holmes leaned forward and whispered something in the trainer's ear. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross's colors before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was twenty minutes, and the reds had all faded into grays before Holmes and the trainer reappeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not a word more could I draw from him until we were back at the trainer's house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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