: a British soldier especially in America during the Revolutionary War
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Plenty of Irishmen served as British redcoats throughout the war too.
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Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Once war broke out, Brown led a loyalist militia that helped the redcoats retake the colony from Patriot control.
—Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The appearance of redcoats in the streets convinced many of those in the latter camp, along with some former revolutionaries, to side with the British cause.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Once war broke out, Brown led a loyalist militia that helped the redcoats retake the colony from Patriot control.
—Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The appearance of redcoats in the streets convinced many of those in the latter camp, along with some former revolutionaries, to side with the British cause.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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redcoat
noun
red·coat
ˈred-ˌkōt 
: a British soldier especially during the American Revolution
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