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bluecoat
noun 3
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2BLUECOAT + NOUN
school
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in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
This was a bluecoat school in my day.
2
A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War.
The shot wounded Thomas Lord, a 73-year-old former New York City police officer from Suffolk, Va., and a bluecoat with the Seventh New York Volunteer Cavalry.
3
A policeman.
Holonym: thin blue line
"The offices are up those steps," said the bluecoat.
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This was a bluecoat school in my day.
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The shot wounded Thomas Lord, a 73-year-old former New York City police officer from Suffolk, Va., and a bluecoat with the Seventh New York Volunteer Cavalry.
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Holonym: thin blue line
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