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Definition of Bluecoat
1. Noun. A person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor).
Definition of Bluecoat
1. n. One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc.
Definition of Bluecoat
1. Noun. (British) A traditional dress code at certain prestigious British schools ¹
2. Noun. (US history) A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American (w Civil War) ¹
3. Noun. (dated) A policeman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluecoat
1. a police officer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluecoat
Literary usage of Bluecoat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses by William Ernest HENLEY (1901)
"LONDON TYPES bluecoat BOY «$»SO went our boys when EDWARD SIXTH, the King,
Chartered CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, and died. And so Full fifteen generations in a ..."
2. Catalogue of the New York State Library: 1855: General Library by New York State Library (1856)
"A bluecoat Boy's Recollections of Hertford School, with its rules. London, 1841.
12°. 1749. 3 vol. fol. ..."
3. Catholicity and Progress in Ireland by Michael O'Riordan (1906)
"I pass over the bluecoat Hospital Free Schools founded in 1672; several endowed
Grammar Schools founded in the course of the 18th century, after the manner ..."
4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"... the King's or College School, the bluecoat Hospital, and a theological college.
The manufactures are important, and include agricultural implements, ..."
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