red-coated

1. 1.

   used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats

   Synonymslobster-backed

   Similarclothed

Questions about red-coated

What does red-coated mean?

red-coated means "used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats".

How many syllables are in red-coated?

red-coated has 4 syllables: red--co-a-ted. The stress falls on "co".

What is another word for red-coated?

Close synonyms include lobster-backed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red-coated a common word?

red-coated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.