redcoatn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛdkəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdˌkoʊt/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and coat n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., coat n.

Etymology: < red adj. + coat n. With sense 1c compare French habit rouge Canadian mounted policeman (1809; 1775 in sense ‘British soldier in the American War of Independence’). In sense 2 after scientific Latin Erythrochiton, genus name (lit.‘red coat’).

1. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a red coat.

a. An English soldier; (later) a soldier of the British army. Now historical.In the English Civil War commonly applied to the Parliamentary troops or certain regiments of them, although there were red-coated soldiers on both sides. In the United States the term is particularly associated with British troops in the War of Independence (1775–83) and the British-American War of 1812.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun]

brigander1525

whitecoata1538

blue cap1598

green-coat1600

redcoatc1605

blue bonnet1637

greycoat1642

blackguard1745

red-jacket1828

busby-bag1868

red-clout1895

scarlet1896

khaki1899

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British

redcoatc1605

lobster?1643

bloodyback1770

Blue Flint1827

rooibaadjie1848

choom1916

pongo1942

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific

redcoatc1605

cavalier1642

cavy1645

cave1661

peninsular1888

Ironside1889

Brodrick1903

Kitcheners1916

c1605 Lady Bessy (Harl. 367) (1847) 74 Sir William Standley..Ten thowsand read coates that had hee.

1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 200 Colonell Hollis his Regiment of Red-coats..did most gallant service.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 192 I do not charge you that you commanded those Halbertiers, but those Red-coats; you were all in Red.

1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 166 They..violently drove the Orthodox Ministers from their Livings, by the Help of their ruffianly Red-coats.

1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. ii Egad, he'll make the redcoats keep their distance.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 64 It would be still necessary to keep your picquets, etc. upon the river, and some red coats in Chamusca.

1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 141/2 The police constable would immediately make his appearance on the scene; and if his efforts were fruitless, the red-coats would come too.

1912 Outlook 2 Nov. 483/2 He went and oiled his musket against the coming of the Redcoats.

1967 Friends May 12 (caption) Visitors to Fort Michilimackinac..walk where British redcoats and French ‘blues’ once paced on sentry duty.

2007 Sunday Times Trav. May 69/2 The city..was a pingpong in the Revolutionary War, property of the redcoats, Loyalists, French and finally, after 1776, the US.

†b. An attendant or servant. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun]

servant?c1225

little man1685

Ribbonman1736

redcoat1848

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxiv. 131 The red-coats wish to be Briarean, so as to hold all the gentlemen's horses.

c. Canadian. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; = Mountie n. 1.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted > in Canada

redcoat1876

yellow leg1901

Mountie1914

1876 Manitoba Daily Free Press 2 May 4/1 The Mounted Police have done a good work... The Indian looks upon the American soldier as the enemy, and avoids him in every possible way; not so in this country—the redcoat was received as a friend.

1893 J. G. A. Creighton Northwest Mounted Police of Canada 402/2 The Indians often came into conflict over encroachments upon each other's hunting grounds, and were quick to appeal to the red-coats as arbiters and protectors.

1912 H. Footner New Rivers of North 20 He must have led rather a lonely life, because the only times he could really relax were with his fellow-redcoats.

1963 Maclean's 20 Apr. 14/3 The redcoats' professional skill is such that a score of foreign countries have sought their guidance in police problems.

2005 W. Deverell April Fool xxxi. 411 A gentleman of apparent authority, crisply attired, closely shorn. If Flynn's jumpy reaction is read rightly, he's a redcoat of high rank, probably inspector.

d. British. A steward at a Butlin's holiday camp.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > resort > holiday camp > steward at specific camp

redcoat1946

1946 Pilot Papers Apr. 89 You find yourself seized round the waist and whirled into the dance by an attractive redcoat of the opposite sex.

1962 R. North Butlin Story v. 61 Charlie was a Redcoat at Filey for four seasons.

1979 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 3/3 A holiday camp ‘redcoat’..claimed a world record at Brighton yesterday, by eating 100 peanuts in 46 seconds.

2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) xxi. 217 ‘Righty-ho, I'll leave you to it,’ beams the redcoat. ‘Don't forget there's trampoline practice and bingo at half past two. Hi-de-hi.’

e. British. With capital initial. (The title of) the attendant at the door of the House of Lords.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > in House of Lords

redcoat1972

1972 Times 22 July 12/5 Redcoat is the only attendant dressed in red in the House, a reminder that his was a royal appointment of Charles II's originally. The King, visiting the Lords and finding no one to greet him, made his own appointment on the spot.

1974 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 29/2 C. D. Maxted, known as Red Coat, is a familiar figure to all peers as they arrive at the Lords.

1999 Hansard Lords 16 Dec. 390 I hope that noble Lords will not think me out of order in mentioning our previous Redcoat by name.

2005 E. Crewe Lords of Parliament ii. 26 Red Coat is the doorkeeper who stands outside Peers' Entrance and welcomes peers.

†2. J. Lindley's name for: any plant of the genus Erythrochiton (family Rutaceae), comprising tropical American pachycaul treelets typically having white flowers with bright red calyces. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1843 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29 47 Erythrochiton Brasiliensis. Brasilian Red-coat.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 962/1 Red-coat, Erythrochiton.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, esp. with the sense of ‘wearing or characterized by a red coat’, as redcoat bully, redcoat guard, redcoat soldier, redcoat type, etc.

ΚΠ

1649 Mercurius Philo-monarchius 14–21 May sig. B4^v This must be smothered for fear of discouraging the red-coat rascality, designed for that destruction.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 100 Some were for Gospel-Ministers, And some for Red-Coat Seculars.

1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 5 Accoutred thus, with Red-coat Soldiers pace Haughty she march't to find the Prelates Grace.

1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 572 The field with red-coat bullies glow'd, Who cut each other's throats.

1776 Battle of Brooklyn i. i You have no doubt, my Lord, of splitting, and roasting, and pickling these red coat fellows.

1828 W. Cobbett Treat. Cobbett's Corn xi. §182 The sixpence..a-day that I received during the time that I wore a red coat, and from which red-coat service I obtained my discharge.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. iii. 353 One sees..‘United Services’ quite other than the redcoat one.

1895 Daily News 25 June 3/3 His Highness..inspected the Redcoat guard of honour.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 2/1 The British markets want large, bright apples, preferably of the red-coat type.

1958 Mil. Affairs 22 31/2 It was no ‘Redcoat’ outfit, for its troops were clothed in the dark green jackets, black trousers, and black-cloth headgear.

1967 Times 7 June 8/4 Obedient trippers engage in non-stop bingo and Glamorous Grannie competitions under the supervision of red-coat officials.

2004 J. Ferling Adams vs. Jefferson x. 146 Republicans excoriated the Federalists for seldom mentioning the War of Independence or recalling the wartime destruction sown by Britain's redcoat armies.

C2.

† red-coat mite n. Obsolete rare a bright red velvet mite (family Trombidiidae).

ΚΠ

1867 Nat. Encycl. I. 100 Trombidiidæ, or garden mites, as T. holosericeum, or ‘red-coat’ mite.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redcoat
释义	redcoatn. Brit. /ˈrɛdkəʊt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌkoʊt/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and coat n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., coat n. Etymology: < red adj. + coat n. With sense 1c compare French habit rouge Canadian mounted policeman (1809; 1775 in sense ‘British soldier in the American War of Independence’). In sense 2 after scientific Latin Erythrochiton, genus name (lit.‘red coat’). 1. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a red coat. a. An English soldier; (later) a soldier of the British army. Now historical.In the English Civil War commonly applied to the Parliamentary troops or certain regiments of them, although there were red-coated soldiers on both sides. In the United States the term is particularly associated with British troops in the War of Independence (1775–83) and the British-American War of 1812. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British redcoatc1605 lobster?1643 bloodyback1770 Blue Flint1827 rooibaadjie1848 choom1916 pongo1942 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific redcoatc1605 cavalier1642 cavy1645 cave1661 peninsular1888 Ironside1889 Brodrick1903 Kitcheners1916 c1605 Lady Bessy (Harl. 367) (1847) 74 Sir William Standley..Ten thowsand read coates that had hee. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 200 Colonell Hollis his Regiment of Red-coats..did most gallant service. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 192 I do not charge you that you commanded those Halbertiers, but those Red-coats; you were all in Red. 1725 B. Higgons Hist. & Crit. Remarks Burnet's Hist. 166 They..violently drove the Orthodox Ministers from their Livings, by the Help of their ruffianly Red-coats. 1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. ii Egad, he'll make the redcoats keep their distance. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 64 It would be still necessary to keep your picquets, etc. upon the river, and some red coats in Chamusca. 1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 141/2 The police constable would immediately make his appearance on the scene; and if his efforts were fruitless, the red-coats would come too. 1912 Outlook 2 Nov. 483/2 He went and oiled his musket against the coming of the Redcoats. 1967 Friends May 12 (caption) Visitors to Fort Michilimackinac..walk where British redcoats and French ‘blues’ once paced on sentry duty. 2007 Sunday Times Trav. May 69/2 The city..was a pingpong in the Revolutionary War, property of the redcoats, Loyalists, French and finally, after 1776, the US. †b. An attendant or servant. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] servant?c1225 little man1685 Ribbonman1736 redcoat1848 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxiv. 131 The red-coats wish to be Briarean, so as to hold all the gentlemen's horses. c. Canadian. A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; = Mountie n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > mobile > mounted > in Canada redcoat1876 yellow leg1901 Mountie1914 1876 Manitoba Daily Free Press 2 May 4/1 The Mounted Police have done a good work... The Indian looks upon the American soldier as the enemy, and avoids him in every possible way; not so in this country—the redcoat was received as a friend. 1893 J. G. A. Creighton Northwest Mounted Police of Canada 402/2 The Indians often came into conflict over encroachments upon each other's hunting grounds, and were quick to appeal to the red-coats as arbiters and protectors. 1912 H. Footner New Rivers of North 20 He must have led rather a lonely life, because the only times he could really relax were with his fellow-redcoats. 1963 Maclean's 20 Apr. 14/3 The redcoats' professional skill is such that a score of foreign countries have sought their guidance in police problems. 2005 W. Deverell April Fool xxxi. 411 A gentleman of apparent authority, crisply attired, closely shorn. If Flynn's jumpy reaction is read rightly, he's a redcoat of high rank, probably inspector. d. British. A steward at a Butlin's holiday camp. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > resort > holiday camp > steward at specific camp redcoat1946 1946 Pilot Papers Apr. 89 You find yourself seized round the waist and whirled into the dance by an attractive redcoat of the opposite sex. 1962 R. North Butlin Story v. 61 Charlie was a Redcoat at Filey for four seasons. 1979 Daily Tel. 2 Aug. 3/3 A holiday camp ‘redcoat’..claimed a world record at Brighton yesterday, by eating 100 peanuts in 46 seconds. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) xxi. 217 ‘Righty-ho, I'll leave you to it,’ beams the redcoat. ‘Don't forget there's trampoline practice and bingo at half past two. Hi-de-hi.’ e. British. With capital initial. (The title of) the attendant at the door of the House of Lords. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > in House of Lords redcoat1972 1972 Times 22 July 12/5 Redcoat is the only attendant dressed in red in the House, a reminder that his was a royal appointment of Charles II's originally. The King, visiting the Lords and finding no one to greet him, made his own appointment on the spot. 1974 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 29/2 C. D. Maxted, known as Red Coat, is a familiar figure to all peers as they arrive at the Lords. 1999 Hansard Lords 16 Dec. 390 I hope that noble Lords will not think me out of order in mentioning our previous Redcoat by name. 2005 E. Crewe Lords of Parliament ii. 26 Red Coat is the doorkeeper who stands outside Peers' Entrance and welcomes peers. †2. J. Lindley's name for: any plant of the genus Erythrochiton (family Rutaceae), comprising tropical American pachycaul treelets typically having white flowers with bright red calyces. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1843 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29 47 Erythrochiton Brasiliensis. Brasilian Red-coat. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 962/1 Red-coat, Erythrochiton. Compounds C1. General attributive, esp. with the sense of ‘wearing or characterized by a red coat’, as redcoat bully, redcoat guard, redcoat soldier, redcoat type, etc. ΚΠ 1649 Mercurius Philo-monarchius 14–21 May sig. B4^v This must be smothered for fear of discouraging the red-coat rascality, designed for that destruction. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 100 Some were for Gospel-Ministers, And some for Red-Coat Seculars. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin i. 5 Accoutred thus, with Red-coat Soldiers pace Haughty she march't to find the Prelates Grace. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 572 The field with red-coat bullies glow'd, Who cut each other's throats. 1776 Battle of Brooklyn i. i You have no doubt, my Lord, of splitting, and roasting, and pickling these red coat fellows. 1828 W. Cobbett Treat. Cobbett's Corn xi. §182 The sixpence..a-day that I received during the time that I wore a red coat, and from which red-coat service I obtained my discharge. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iv. iii. 353 One sees..‘United Services’ quite other than the redcoat one. 1895 Daily News 25 June 3/3 His Highness..inspected the Redcoat guard of honour. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 2/1 The British markets want large, bright apples, preferably of the red-coat type. 1958 Mil. Affairs 22 31/2 It was no ‘Redcoat’ outfit, for its troops were clothed in the dark green jackets, black trousers, and black-cloth headgear. 1967 Times 7 June 8/4 Obedient trippers engage in non-stop bingo and Glamorous Grannie competitions under the supervision of red-coat officials. 2004 J. Ferling Adams vs. Jefferson x. 146 Republicans excoriated the Federalists for seldom mentioning the War of Independence or recalling the wartime destruction sown by Britain's redcoat armies. C2. † red-coat mite n. Obsolete rare a bright red velvet mite (family Trombidiidae). ΚΠ 1867 Nat. Encycl. I. 100 Trombidiidæ, or garden mites, as T. holosericeum, or ‘red-coat’ mite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1605
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