a British soldier in a uniform with a red coat, as during the American Revolution
redcoat in American English
(ˈredˌkout)
noun
(esp during the American Revolution)
a British soldier
Word origin
[1510–20; red1 + coat]This word is first recorded in the period 1510–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: impersonal, roughcast, toleration, torpedo, trimming