redcoat
Eighteenth-century infantryman
A redcoat is a British soldier, from the scarlet uniform jackets worn from the 17th through 19th centuries.
The term appears most often in American contexts referring to the Revolutionary War: The redcoats are coming!
British soldiers stationed at tourist sites still wear ceremonial red coats today.
Bright orangish-red color
- tunicLoose hip-length top
- epaulettesOrnamental shoulder insignia
- tricornThree-cornered hat
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
gaiters · cartridge box · powder horn · buttons · cockade · plume · regimental colors · gorget
British right-wing partisan
- Boston Massacre1770 deadly colonial confrontation
- LexingtonMassachusetts town, 1775 battle
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- Bunker Hill1775 Massachusetts engagement
Yorktown · Continental Army · musket · bayonet · taxation · rebellion · independence · George III
Colonel-led military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- grenadierElite explosive-hurling soldier
- fusilierMusket-bearing infantry soldier
dragoon · cavalry · artillery · battalion · company · garrison · formation · drill
Spiny-finned reef fish
- soldierfishSpiny-scaled tropical fish
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- spinyHaving sharp points
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
scarlet
Bright orangish-red color
- tunicLoose hip-length top
- epaulettesOrnamental shoulder insignia
- tricornThree-cornered hat
breeches · gaiters · cartridge box · powder horn · buttons · cockade · plume · regimental colors · gorget · sash
Tory
British right-wing partisan
- Boston Massacre1770 deadly colonial confrontation
- LexingtonMassachusetts town, 1775 battle
- ConcordUnity or famous places
Bunker Hill · Yorktown · Continental Army · musket · bayonet · taxation · rebellion · independence · George III · quartering
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- grenadierElite explosive-hurling soldier
fusilier · dragoon · cavalry · artillery · battalion · company · garrison · formation · drill · tactics
squirrelfish
Spiny-finned reef fish
- soldierfishSpiny-scaled tropical fish
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- spinyHaving sharp points
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- toy soldierstin soldier, tin soldiers, lead soldier, wooden soldier, nutcracker
- British soldierssoldier, private, corporal, sergeant, major
- Colonialcolonist, colony, settler, plantation, fort
- Georgian EraGeorge III, Georgian architecture, Regency, Jane Austen, Adam style
redcoatminuteman
Instantly deployable colonial soldier
patriot · rebel · Yankee · Sons of Liberty · revolutionary