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Definition of Redcap
1. Noun. A member of the military police in Britain.
Generic synonyms: Military Policeman, Mp
2. Noun. A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station.
Definition of Redcap
1. n. The European goldfinch.
Definition of Redcap
1. Noun. (British) A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A porter in a US railway station. [Etymology: On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters. ¹
3. Noun. (British) Archaic name for the goldfinch (''Carduelis carduelis''). ¹
4. Noun. (British folklore) A type of evil goblin or imp ¹
5. Noun. A breed of poultry. See red cap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Redcap
1. a porter [n -S]
Medical Definition of Redcap
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Redcap
Literary usage of Redcap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Voyage in the "Sunbeam": Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Annie Allnutt Brassey (1884)
"... redcap. During this interval we were surrounded by a swarm of boats, the
occupants of which clamoured vociferously to be allowed on board, ..."
2. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury (1893)
"... and the Green converted into a Park—The " Father redcap "—The Old House on
the Green—The Green Coat and National Schools—The Camberwell Free Grammar ..."
3. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1840)
"if he should observe a ' prince creep so devoutly to kiss his toe, and those
redcap cardinals, poor parish priests of old, now princes companions—what would ..."
4. Rosine by George John Whyte-Melville (1877)
"Mother redcap WHEN Rosine recovered consciousness, she found herself in the dark,
stretched on a couch, thirsty and exhausted, very sore, very stiff, ..."
5. Five Old Plays: Forming a Supplement to the Collections of Dodsley and Others by John Payne Collier (1833)
"Mother redcap, by Anthony Munday and Michael Drayton. December 1597. Not printed.* 3.
The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington, by Anthony Munday and Henry ..."
6. The Pearl Fountain, and Other Fairy Tales by Bridget Kavanagh, Julia Kavanagh (1876)
"Swift went like the wind, and redcap was rather afraid, but Magpie flapped his
... Keep up with the Queen, redcap ! Don't let any one get ahead of you. ..."
7. The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntington by Anthony Munday (1828)
"Mother redcap, by Anthony Munday and Michael Drayton. December 1597. Not printed.* 3.
the Death of Robert Earl of Huntington, by Anthony Munday and Henry ..."
8. The Ainu and Their Folk-lore by John Batchelor (1901)
"General causes of disease - -Demons propitiated—Common remedies—Disease brought
by cats—The redcap—The albatross —Snakes and snake-skins—lum or ..."
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