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red-coated

red-coated

1 9.2
British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War who wore red military coats
  • adjective
: de abrigo rojo
  • An unfinished sandwich was flung full in the face of a mob member by one of the hunt ladies, and a revolver was drawn by one of the red-coated gentlemen.
  • red-coated soldiers
  • red-coated infantry
  • red-coated soldiers march

Examples

  • This time it wouldn't be brave men with pikes against red-coated cowards with guns.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The red-coated man retreats into the store.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Brianna stooped to peer, fascinated, at the red-coated mannequin that stood menacingly to one side of the foyer in the Culloden Visitors Centre.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Worried citizens watch the red-coated soldiers march into town.

  • At that moment, a column of red-coated infantry was spotted off in the distance.

  • Around the other side of the church came six companies of red-coated light infantry—about 350 men.

Synonyms

redcoat
vsred-coated
  • Archaic
13 8.7

A British soldier who wears a red coat, especially during the American Revolution

describes someone from that era by noting they wear the distinctive military coat

Surface Forms

red-coated positive

Morphology

red-coated = redcoat (transparent) = red + coat + ed

The adjective is directly formed from the compound 'redcoat' (red + coat) with the suffix '-ed' meaning 'having or wearing a red coat', which a B1 learner can readily infer.

Etymology

The word red-coated comes from the simple parts red ('red') and coat ('a jacket'), because British soldiers once wore bright red military coats and were often called 'Redcoats'. So red-coated means wearing a red coat, especially the British troops of the American Revolutionary War.