noun
- British soldiers, especially during the American Revolutionary War, named for their red military uniforms
Usage: historical
Examples
- The redcoats marched through the colonial town.
- Paul Revere warned that the redcoats were coming.
- The colonists fought against the redcoats at Lexington and Concord.
- Many redcoats were stationed in Boston before the revolution.
- The redcoats’ bright uniforms made them easy targets.
- Local militias prepared to face the advancing redcoats.