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red⋅coat

[red-koht]
–noun
(esp. during the American Revolution) a British soldier.

Origin:
1510–20; red 1 + coat
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red·coat   (rěd'kōt')   
n.  A British soldier, especially one serving during the American Revolution.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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redcoat 
"British soldier," 1520, from red (1) + coat. Especially of Cromwellian troops in the English Civil War.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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