Meaning of bluecoat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
   British, attributive, often
2. A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
   US
3. A policeman.
   dated

Examples

“This was a bluecoat school in my day.”

“The shot wounded Thomas Lord, a 73-year-old former New York City police officer from Suffolk, Va., and a bluecoat with the Seventh New York Volunteer Cavalry.”

“Holonym: thin blue line”

“"The offices are up those steps," said the bluecoat.”

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