bluecoat
bluecoat · bluecoats
A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional…A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
Meaning
3 senses(UK, attributive, often)A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
This was a bluecoat school in my day.
(US)A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
(dated)A policeman.
Holonym: thin blue line
More definitions
- a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
Origin
From blue + coat.From blue + coat.
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