Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A British soldier, especially one serving during the American Revolution.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A British soldier.
- n. The bedbug.
Wiktionary
- n. A British soldier, especially during the American Revolution.
- n. A member of the entertainment staff at Butlins holiday camps in the United Kingdom, who wear red blazers
- n. slang a fox
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
WordNet 3.0
- n. British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
Examples
“Faced with the chance to become the voice of a generation, Blacc seems to have opted instead to be a singing Butlins redcoat.”
“Still, the brigadier thought they had potential under the right leadership, as redcoat privates were notorious for being the same sort of material.”
“Washington and several others thought most redcoat casualties came from their own fire.18”
“The privates of the two redcoat regiments were “entirely at a loss in the woods,” Adam Stephen wrote.”
“One redcoat remembered that about 200 of them plunged into the woods and fought from behind trees “and I belive they did the moast execution of any.””
“Despite their differences and occasional arguments, Washington had a great deal of fondness for the irascible old redcoat, who had shown him unusual warmth in return.”
““On the other side of the river most of us halted to consider what to do,” one redcoat remembered, “but the men being so terrified desired to go on . . . expecting every moment to have our retreat cut off.””
“Still, the attitude of the other young officers influenced him, and he felt the first inklings that maybe this redcoat army was not the elite corps it was cracked up to be.”
“The measure also allowed relief for redcoat deserters who returned voluntarily.”
“Indian probably Shawnee scalping a redcoat, print of an eighteenth-century painting by an unknown artist, possibly a British soldier.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘redcoat’.
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I Am A Starfish. I Speak With Paint.
List title totally stolen from she. Right, the stock entry for this list should be a two-word phrase where one of the words denotes a colour; even better if the expression has some metaphoric value...
black dog, tangerine dream, orange roughy, blue moon, blackguard, white house, purple rain, grey nurse, green thumb, yellow fever, sacre bleu, palo verde and 159 more...
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red phrases /words
how red is used
bushy red mint, California red scale, dark red silver ore, down the red lane, Florida red scale, in red, in the red, in (the) red row, Knights of the Re..., light red silver ore, old red lammas, on red and 764 more...
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Soldiers and Sailors
Types and nicknames.
point man, legionary, man-at-arms, trooper, janissary, marine, lobsterback, redcoat, blackcoat, guardsman, billman, foot soldier and 95 more...
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Rose varieties
Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.
holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...
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Reds
Inspired by hernesheir's Greens list.
blood red, red, red-backed, redbait, red-bellied, redbird, red-blooded, redbreast, red-breasted, redbrick, red-brown, redbud and 51 more...
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