What does "blackcoat" mean?
Blackcoat: A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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