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red-coat

red-coat is the alternative form of redcoat.

Meaning of redcoat

Noun

redcoat (plural redcoats)

  1. (historical) A British soldier (stemming from the military uniform of British infantry since the 17th century).
    • The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread, / And out we troop to see: / A single redcoat turns his head, / He turns and looks at me.1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, “[Poem] XXII”, in A Shropshire Lad, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, The Bodley Head, published 1906, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 32
    Synonyms:
    lobsterback
  2. A member of the entertainment staff at Butlin's holiday camps in the United Kingdom, who wear red blazers.
    • The series ran from 1980 until 1988, and won a BAFTA for Best Comedy Series in 1984. It was based on Perry’s experiences working as a Redcoat in Butlins.2013 May 16, Mirror News
  3. (slang, kenning) A fox.
    • Hurriedly he made his way around one end of the pond to the spot where he had first sighted the redcoat.1947, Pennsylvania Game News, page 30

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Forms of red-coat

pluralred-coats

Questions about red-coat

What is red-coat the alternative form of?
Red-coat is the alternative form of redcoat.

Words near red-coat in the dictionary

  1. red-cards
  2. red-carpet
  3. red-carpetful
  4. red-chested cuckoo
  5. red-chested cuckoos
  6. red-coat
  7. red-coats
  8. red-cockaded woodpecker
  9. red-cockaded woodpeckers
  10. red-collared lorikeet
  11. red-collared lorikeets

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