: a British soldier especially in America during the Revolutionary War
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The seventy-eight-year-old patriot took up arms on the very first day of the American Revolutionary War, had his face blown off by a redcoat ... and kept on fighting.
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CBS News, 6 June 2024
The steamy soil said hell no to John Bulls, even dead ones, and pushed those rotting redcoats back into the sweltering sun.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The aftermath is a sea of redcoats slain throughout the countryside.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 29 July 2023
Compromise with the Left Enemy the way the founders compromised with the redcoats at Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Yorktown.
—Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
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CBS News, 6 June 2024
The steamy soil said hell no to John Bulls, even dead ones, and pushed those rotting redcoats back into the sweltering sun.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The aftermath is a sea of redcoats slain throughout the countryside.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 29 July 2023
Compromise with the Left Enemy the way the founders compromised with the redcoats at Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga and Yorktown.
—Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
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redcoat
noun
red·coat
ˈred-ˌkōt 
: a British soldier especially during the American Revolution
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