Red coat

/ˈɹɛdˌkoʊt/ · noun

Meaning

(historical) A British soldier (stemming from the military uniform of British infantry since the 17th century)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (historical) A British soldier (stemming from the military uniform of British infantry since the 17th century).
2. A member of the entertainment staff at Butlin's holiday camps in the United Kingdom, who wear red blazers.
3. (slang, kenning) A fox.
4. (intransitive, very rare) To work as a redcoat (Butlin's entertainer).

Example Sentences

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.

He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon; / And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon, / When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor, / A red-coat troop came marching— / Marching—marching— / King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.

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.

Hurriedly he made his way around one end of the pond to the spot where he had first sighted the redcoat.

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• redcoats
• red coat
• red-coat
• redcoating
• redcoated

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