REDCAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redcap mean? 

• REDCAP (noun)
  The noun REDCAP has 2 senses:

1. a member of the military police in Britain

2. a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station

  Familiarity information: REDCAP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDCAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the military police in Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("redcap" is a kind of...):

military policeman; MP (a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("redcap" is a kind of...):

porter (a person employed to carry luggage and supplies)

 Context examples 

The next, redcap had fallen across the stone with an arrow between his ribs; and the other, struck in the leg and in the throat, was writhing and spluttering upon the ground.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)