redcoat
noun/ˈredkəʊt/
/ˈredkəʊt/
- a British soldier in the past
- (in the UK) a worker at a holiday camp who entertains and helps guests
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in sense (1)): so named because of the colour of the uniform. Sense (2) dates from the 1950s.
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