redcoat
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: History, Armyredcoatred‧coat /ˈredkəʊt $ -koʊt/ noun [countable] SHPMAa British soldier during the 18th and 19th centuriesExamples from the Corpusredcoat• The city had the air of a fortress, redcoats everywhere, frigates and warships riding at anchor in the harbor.• Perhaps he would say it in some lonely place in the hills with some one on the lookout for the searching redcoats.