(a) a colonial New Jersey soldier (so called from his blue uniform); (b) a native or inhabitant of New Jersey; (c) a breed of chicken.

a colonial rifleman during the American War of Independence.

An inhabitant or a soldier of New York.

A nickname of the American troops during the Revolutionary war; (hence) a native American. Also attributive.

a person, esp. a soldier, noted for fighting North American Indians.

A blue-bellied person (blue-bellied, adj. 1), one regarded as low, contemptible, or cowardly; spec. (a) a northerner; (b) a northern soldier…

A member of a military or police force whose uniform includes, or consists of, a grey coat; spec. (U.S. colloquial) a soldier of the Confederate army…

A soldier of any of several volunteer regiments, assuming the name and in part the uniform of the French Zouaves, which served on the side of the…

= Zouave, n. 1.

A member of a military or police force whose uniform includes, or consists of, a grey coat; spec. (U.S.) a soldier of the Confederate army in the…

U.S. The grey uniform of Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–5). Hence also: a Confederate soldier. Cf. greyback, n. 2, blue, n.…

In specific uses. Sometimes as an abbreviation of the fuller names treated at compounds 1. U.S. Among Unionist soldiers in the American Civil War…

(A generic name for) a member of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (1861–5); (also) Confederate troops collectively (now histo…

A person in a blue uniform. Usually in plural and with capital initial: any of various soldiers distinguished by the wearing of blue; spec. (a) a…

Now usually in form bluecoat. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a blue coat. A soldier wearing a blue coat; spec. a soldier…

U.S. slang. A soldier, esp. an infantryman, in the U.S. army.