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bluecoats

bluecoats is the plural of bluecoat.

Meaning of bluecoat

Noun

bluecoat (plural bluecoats)

  1. (UK, attributive, often) A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
    • This was a bluecoat school in my day.
  2. (US) A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
    • The shot wounded Thomas Lord, a 73-year-old former New York City police officer from Suffolk, Va., and a bluecoat with the Seventh New York Volunteer Cavalry.2009 January 18, Ralph Blumenthal, “Re-enactor Is Indicted in Shooting of a Yankee”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    bluebelly
  3. (dated) A policeman.
    • Holonym: thin blue line
    Synonyms:
    police officer

Questions about bluecoats

What is bluecoats the plural of?
Bluecoats is the plural of bluecoat.

Words near bluecoats in the dictionary

  1. bluecaps
  2. bluecheck
  3. bluechecks
  4. bluechip
  5. bluecoat
  6. bluecoats
  7. bluecomb
  8. bluecrab
  9. bluecrabs
  10. bluecup
  11. bluecups

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