1historical A soldier in a blue uniform, especially a Union soldier during the American Civil War.
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Out of nowhere, the blue-coats came charging into the Confederate position.
Another blue coat arrives and straps up my other arm.
On the left stood a long row of blue coats and muskets and cannons.
2Blue CoatBritish A student at a charity school with a blue uniform.
〈英〉（穿蓝色制服的）慈善学校学生
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I met him when he was a Blue Coat at Pontins, and I was about five.
‘I don't get to see much TV, living in the sticks in Majorca, so I don't do as many impressions now in my cabaret show,’ says Aiden, a former Blue Coat, who made his name in 1974.
In his youth he was a 'Blue coat' and learned traditional musical entertainment skills.
Definition of blue coat in US English:
blue coat
nounˈblo͞o ˌkōt
historical
1A soldier in a blue uniform, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
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She had taken many lives, in the name of the blue coats, of course, but still, she did everything he told her to, so she was no threat to him.
1.1US A police officer.
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‘You know me, officer,’ he said, as the blue coat came running in. ‘I give this man into custody for theft.’
The blue-coat came on slowly, expecting gunfire from a cornered criminal.