1 (also training shoe) (both BrE) (AmE sneaker) [usuallypl.] a shoe that you wear for sports or as a piece of informal clothing:
a pair of trainers
2 a person who teaches people or animals to perform a particular job or skill well, or to do a particular sport:
teacher trainers * a racehorse trainer * Her trainer had decided she shouldn't run in the race.
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Is trainer a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, trainer is tagged as noun.
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