Dictionary

bluecoat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From blue + coat.

Meanings

1. (UK, attributive, often) A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
   • This was a bluecoat school in my day.
2. (US) A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
   • 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. 2009 January 18, Ralph Blumenthal, “Re-enactor Is Indicted in Shooting of a Yankee”, in New York Times:
3. (dated) A policeman.
   • "The offices are up those steps," said the bluecoat. 1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie:
   • Holonym: thin blue line

Forms

Antonyms

greyback · greycoat · grayback · graycoat

Synonyms

bluebelly · police officer (police officer)

Translations (1)

cs modrokabátník (soldier in the Union army)