redcap

(-kap′)

noun

  1. ☆ a baggage porter, as in a railroad station
  2. Brit., Informal a military policeman

Origin: first used (1892) when John Williams, a porter in Grand Central Station, New York City, encircled his cap with a red flannel strip to gain attention

See redcap in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A porter, usually in a railroad station.

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