bluecoat

American  

[bloo-koht] / ˈbluˌkoʊt /

noun

1. a person who wears a coat or uniform that is blue.

2. a police officer.

3. a soldier in the U.S. Army in earlier times.

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Other Word Forms

• bluecoated adjective

Etymology

Origin of bluecoat

First recorded in 1585–95; blue + coat

Example Sentences

Pauline Thompson, 69, from Immingham in Lincolnshire, worked as a bluecoat at the park from 1973 to 1976.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

However, Pauline is still in touch with friends she made during her bluecoat summers in the 1970s, with a group even making the trip back to north Wales for a reunion last year.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

Says the bluecoat: "It just seems like never."

From Time Magazine Archive

But, after two years had passed, many a bluecoat began to guess hopefully that the king of U.S. bank robbers must be dead.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pickpocket had hardly uttered his cry when a bluecoat put into appearance and came running to the spot.

From The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview by Bonehill, Ralph