A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a red coat. An English soldier; (later) a soldier of the British army. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > British > specific (8) redcoatc1605 A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a red coat. An English soldier; (later) a soldier of the British army. Now historical. cavalier1642 A name given to those who fought on the side of Charles I in the war between him and the Parliament; a 17th cent. Royalist. cavy1645 In familiar or contemptuous use: = cavalier, n. 3. cave1661 Colloquial abbreviation of cavalier, n. adj. peninsular1888 A soldier of the Peninsular war (see sense A. 2). Obsolete. rare. Ironside1889 A member of Oliver Cromwell's cavalry; a Puritan soldier. Also in extended use. Now historical. Brodrick1903 Applied facetiously to. A soldier enlisted under the lower standard of physique introduced under Brodrick's régime; more explicitly little Brodrick. Kitcheners1916 In plural. The soldiers recruited while Kitchener was Secretary of State for War (1914–16), esp. as distinct from regular soldiers who enlisted… |
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