redcap
redcap noun: a member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
Noun
redcap (plural redcaps)
- A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
- A porter in a US railway station.
- A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
- A type of evil goblin or imp.
- 1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle,
And beside him Old Redcap sly; —
"Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might,
The death that I must die?" - "What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap!1890, Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales
- 1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
- A breed of poultry.
redcap meaning in Tamil
redcap in Tamil
- படைத்துறைக் காவல் துறைவர், ஸ்காத்லாந்து நாட்டு அரண்மாளிகைப் பேய்
Forms of redcap
| plural | redcaps |
|---|---|
| alternative form | red cap |
| alternative form | red-cap |
Origin of redcap
From red + cap. In sense of "porter", 1890s US; compare contemporary Japanese 赤帽 (akabō), Chinese 小紅帽 /小红帽 (Xiǎo Hóng Mào). On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters.
Words formed from redcap
Questions about redcap
- What does redcap mean?
- Redcap means a member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
- What is redcap in Tamil?
- Redcap in Tamil is படைத்துறைக் காவல் துறைவர், ஸ்காத்லாந்து நாட்டு அரண்மாளிகைப் பேய். See Redcap meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is redcap?
- Redcap is a noun.
- What is the plural of redcap?
- The plural of redcap is redcaps.
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