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redcap definition

red·cap (-kap′)

noun

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

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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