Definition of "redcoats" [redcoats]

• Plural form of redcoat. (noun)

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• "And Jesus led the christian patriots to victory against the musin redcoats at Bunker Hill by charging their lines on a dinosaur …"
• "The surviving Highlanders had retreated to the ridge with the Warwickshire men who had lived through the mauling fight in the streets and now they had been joined by Portuguese ca-adores, redcoats from the English shires, skirmishers from the valleys of Wales and by Hanoverians loyal to King George III; all mingled as they stood shoulder to shoulder to hold the heights and drown Fuentes de Onoro in smoke and lead."
• "After all, the redcoats were all about maintaining the status quo – in favor of the monarchy and their vested interests."