red-coat redcoat • red-coated · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · red-coat · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution). Synonyms: redcoat, lobsterback. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · redcoat · · Synonym 1 lobsterback · · Synonym 2 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074