redcoat
red koht
- n British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
- The show, bright and British as a redcoat, rose to the occasion.
- But she has her consolationa ruddy ragged redcoat, Captain Bragdon (Gavin Gordon).
- Stopped at the Connecticut-Massachusetts border, the wind-blown and mud-spattered girl was reportedly dismissed by a redcoat who said, "Well, you're only an old woman anyway.