bluecoat

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bluecoat

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From blue + coat.

noun bluecoats

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.
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.
Similar: bluebelly · Opposite: graycoat, greycoat, grayback, greyback
dated A policeman. Holonym: thin blue line
Similar: police officer

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@misc{bluecoat_2026,
  title = {bluecoat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluecoat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}