The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blackcoat
Blackcoat \Black"coat`\, n. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat.
Wiktionary
blackcoat
n. A member of the clergy.
Usage examples of "blackcoat".
He looked down the barrel of a revolver and up to the eyes of the blackcoat behind.
At the time, she had been unwilling to look too closely at the blackcoats, and in truth, she had been half-blind with the dainty Ailil as well, but she was sure.
Wounded blackcoats were being helped into the castle while the orange soldiers dragged their own casualties down to a camp under the edge of a wood.