green-coatn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnkəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˈkoʊt/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and coat n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., coat n.

Etymology: < green adj. + coat n.

A person who wears a green coat, esp. a member of a military force distinguished by wearing green coats.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun]

brigander1525

whitecoata1538

blue cap1598

green-coat1600

redcoatc1605

blue bonnet1637

greycoat1642

blackguard1745

red-jacket1828

busby-bag1868

red-clout1895

scarlet1896

khaki1899

1600–1 State Papers Edinb. Reg. House No. 108/10 Giff they hard ony crying of ‘Grene cottis, bludie botscheris’.

1644 Mercurius Britanicus No. 43 337 After them charged a brigade of Green-coats, whereof they cut off a great number, and put the rest to the rout.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xi. 244 By that lowd shout the green-coats [i.e. the ‘green’ faction in the circus] have the best.

1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 18 Our Leader,..when he had drawn His Band of Green-coats out upon the Lawn,..Resolv'd [etc.].

1778 J. Sullivan Let. 1 May in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 113 They are three thousand six hundred strong, of British and Hessians, besides a small regiment of Greencoats, made up of deserters and refugees from us.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 81 A foot~man..who no more resembles the resplendent flunkey of Eaton Square..than does the cotton-stockinged ‘green-coat’ of the minor theatres.

1921 R. W. Chambers Little Red Foot xxxi. 344 Through the window..I see a body of green-coats,—some three hundred or better,—marching down the Schenectady road.

1980 Stud. Philol. 77 114 The devil..comes to be called der Grüne (the Green One), as well as being termed Grünrock (Greencoat).

2005 M. Bamberger This Golfing Life xvi. 225 Tiger shook hands with a few greencoats.

Compounds

attributive (frequently with capital initial(s)), chiefly with allusion to the green uniform worn by scholars at certain charity schools, as Green-coat hospital, Green-coat institution, Green-coat school. Cf. blue coat n. 2c.

ΚΠ

1742 New & Compl. Surv. London II. vii. i. 1071/1 Green-coat School. This School, belongs to the Green-coat Hospital in Westminster, contains 20 Boys.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 411 In Tothill-side there is..the Green Coat-hospital, for the poor fatherless children of this parish.

1899 Daily News 15 Sept. 5/1 In addition to the Blue Coat School, there were also Black Coat and Green Coat institutions in Westminster.

1907 W. M. Webb Heritage of Dress xvii. 168 We find that certain schools are called grey-coat or green-coat schools, and we have blue schools—for instance, one for boys and another for girls at Wells.

1967 L. Fox Country Gram. School x. 76 There were two other endowed schools in Ashby for the poor, namely the Blue Coat and the Green Coat schools.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 249 In Restoration theater, Green-coat Men were footmen in green livery who shifted scenery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green-coat
释义	green-coatn. Brit. /ˈɡriːnkəʊt/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˈkoʊt/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and coat n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., coat n. Etymology: < green adj. + coat n. A person who wears a green coat, esp. a member of a military force distinguished by wearing green coats. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 1600–1 State Papers Edinb. Reg. House No. 108/10 Giff they hard ony crying of ‘Grene cottis, bludie botscheris’. 1644 Mercurius Britanicus No. 43 337 After them charged a brigade of Green-coats, whereof they cut off a great number, and put the rest to the rout. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xi. 244 By that lowd shout the green-coats [i.e. the ‘green’ faction in the circus] have the best. 1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 18 Our Leader,..when he had drawn His Band of Green-coats out upon the Lawn,..Resolv'd [etc.]. 1778 J. Sullivan Let. 1 May in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 113 They are three thousand six hundred strong, of British and Hessians, besides a small regiment of Greencoats, made up of deserters and refugees from us. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 81 A foot~man..who no more resembles the resplendent flunkey of Eaton Square..than does the cotton-stockinged ‘green-coat’ of the minor theatres. 1921 R. W. Chambers Little Red Foot xxxi. 344 Through the window..I see a body of green-coats,—some three hundred or better,—marching down the Schenectady road. 1980 Stud. Philol. 77 114 The devil..comes to be called der Grüne (the Green One), as well as being termed Grünrock (Greencoat). 2005 M. Bamberger This Golfing Life xvi. 225 Tiger shook hands with a few greencoats. Compounds attributive (frequently with capital initial(s)), chiefly with allusion to the green uniform worn by scholars at certain charity schools, as Green-coat hospital, Green-coat institution, Green-coat school. Cf. blue coat n. 2c. ΚΠ 1742 New & Compl. Surv. London II. vii. i. 1071/1 Green-coat School. This School, belongs to the Green-coat Hospital in Westminster, contains 20 Boys. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 411 In Tothill-side there is..the Green Coat-hospital, for the poor fatherless children of this parish. 1899 Daily News 15 Sept. 5/1 In addition to the Blue Coat School, there were also Black Coat and Green Coat institutions in Westminster. 1907 W. M. Webb Heritage of Dress xvii. 168 We find that certain schools are called grey-coat or green-coat schools, and we have blue schools—for instance, one for boys and another for girls at Wells. 1967 L. Fox Country Gram. School x. 76 There were two other endowed schools in Ashby for the poor, namely the Blue Coat and the Green Coat schools. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 249 In Restoration theater, Green-coat Men were footmen in green livery who shifted scenery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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