redcap
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Noun (2)
- a member of the military police in BritainType of MP, military police officer
- a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad stationType of porter
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Red′cap′ noun
1. Zoology The European goldfinch.
2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. Scottish John Jamieson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54