redcoat

1. (historical) A British soldier (stemming from the military uniform of British infantry since the 17th century).Examples: "The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread, / And out we troop to see: / A single redcoat turns his head, / He turns and looks at me."; "He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon; / And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon, / When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor, / A red-coat troop came marching— / Marching—marching— / King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door."Synonyms: lobsterbackhistorical

2. (slang, kenning) A fox.Examples: "Hurriedly he made his way around one end of the pond to the spot where he had first sighted the redcoat."slang