redcoat
(especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
Origin of redcoat
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How to use redcoat in a sentence
But, wont the redcoat wonder why the cider isnt brought into the room and given to him there?
The Dare Boys in Virginia | Stephen Angus CoxJust as one of the aids was about to strike the colonel with his saber, a trooper came up and disabled the redcoat's arm.
Hero Stories from American History | Albert F. BlaisdellThe redcoat ducked but the Dubliner lifted him with a left hook, the body punch being a fine one.
Ulysses | James JoyceIn particular, the book uses reconnoiter and reconnoitre, and both redcoat and red-coat.
With the Swamp Fox | James OtisNo sooner was the redcoat lover gone awhile than, as Miss Chew declared, Darthea put off mourning for the absent.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker | S. Weir Mitchell
British Dictionary definitions for redcoat
/ (ˈrɛdˌkəʊt) /
(formerly) a British soldier
Origin of redcoat
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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