redcap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the military police in Britain
  2. noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station

WordNet


Red"cap` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl) The European goldfinch.
  2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. Scot. Jamieson.

Webster 1913