/ ˈredkəʊt; NAmE -koʊt/ noun
1.
a British soldier in the past
2.
(in Britain) a worker at a holiday camp who entertains and helps guests
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (in sense 1): so named because of the colour of the uniform. Sense 2 dates from the 1950s.