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noun Chiefly British.

a heavy overcoat.

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Origin:
1655–65; great + coat

Related forms

great·coat·ed, adjective

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greatcoat (ˈɡreɪtˌkəʊt)

—n
	a heavy overcoat, now worn esp by men in the armed forces

'greatcoated

—*adj*

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