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Webster 1913 Edition

(-kōtˊ)

Noun.

One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.

See also: red coat

redcoat ‎(plural redcoats)

A British soldier, especially during the American Revolution.
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad
  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.
A member of the entertainment staff at Butlin's holiday camps in the United Kingdom, who wear red blazers.
- Mirror News 16 May 13. 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.
(slang) A fox.
- 1947, Pennsylvania Game News (volumes 18-19, page 30)
  Hurriedly he made his way around one end of the pond to the spot where he had first sighted the redcoat.