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Definition of blue coat in English: blue coatnoun 1historical A soldier in a blue uniform, especially a Union soldier during the American Civil War. Example sentencesExamples - Out of nowhere, the blue-coats came charging into the Confederate position.
- Another blue coat arrives and straps up my other arm.
- On the left stood a long row of blue coats and muskets and cannons.
2Blue CoatBritish A student at a charity school with a blue uniform. Example sentencesExamples - I met him when he was a Blue Coat at Pontins, and I was about five.
- ‘I don't get to see much TV, living in the sticks in Majorca, so I don't do as many impressions now in my cabaret show,’ says Aiden, a former Blue Coat, who made his name in 1974.
- In his youth he was a 'Blue coat' and learned traditional musical entertainment skills.
Definition of blue coat in US English: blue coatnounˈblo͞o ˌkōt historical 1A soldier in a blue uniform, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War. Example sentencesExamples - She had taken many lives, in the name of the blue coats, of course, but still, she did everything he told her to, so she was no threat to him.
- 1.1US A police officer.
Example sentencesExamples - ‘You know me, officer,’ he said, as the blue coat came running in. ‘I give this man into custody for theft.’
- The blue-coat came on slowly, expecting gunfire from a cornered criminal.
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