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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British, often attributive) A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code..
This was a bluecoat school in my day.
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.
Holonym: thin blue line
"The offices are up those steps," said the bluecoat.
Use bluecoat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bluecoat means (British, often attributive) A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code..
Common synonyms include police officer, bluebelly.
Possible antonyms include graycoat, greycoat, grayback, greyback.
This was a bluecoat school in my day.
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