Synonyms for bluecoat

Most common

police officer · cop · bull · copper · blue belly

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

greyback, graycoat

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.

   This was a bluecoat school in my day.

Forms

Plural

bluecoats → cops, bulls, coppers, pigs…

Example sentences

• cop The cop motioned to Yanni to wind down his window.
• bull He is not going to die. He is as strong as a bull.
• copper The seller weighs the cheese on the copper scales.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

cop¹, pig¹

4 letters

bull¹, fuzz¹

6 letters

copper²

8 letters

gendarme²

9 letters

policeman³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copper² = 2 syllables).