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Definition: BLACKCOAT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Blackcoat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: BLACKCOAT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BLACKCOAT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)