trainer

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

A contrivance or apparatus used in training.

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

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.

One who trains; an instructor.

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.

A militiaman.

A wire or wooden frame upon which flowers or shrubs are trained.

One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

A militiaman when called out for exercise or discipline.