HyperDic: black_and_tan

English > 1 sense of the expression *Black and Tan*:
NOUN	person	Black and Tan	an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921

English > *Black and Tan*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	An English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921.
Broader	recruit, military recruit	A recently enlisted / enlisted soldier