redcap
- noun
- /ˈrɛdˌkæp/
- UK
:
guardia real
- During the parade, the redcap stood proudly at attention, displaying his uniform.
Examples
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You take care of the redcap and the conductor.
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Lefty takes the twenty, gives the REDCAP two dollars.
Fiction book (1997) -
- Redcap.
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What a woman did to Cab, where railroad men like Paul Robeson's Redcap Jones came for cards, fighting light-skinned mamas singing blues and wearing red, where he felt like a man instead of a mule.
Fiction book (1990) -
A man with the cuffs of a redcap uniform swings one into the f.g.: It has a sticker on it: CLASS OF '58, and below an illustration of crossed right and left hands, their thumbs hooked and fingers spread like wings: MUNCIE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
Fiction book (1994) -
The redcap directed traffic as soldiers moved through the checkpoint.
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Many tourists were surprised to see a redcap overseeing security at the historic site.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word redcap for a member of the Royal Military Police in Britain comes from the bright red cap they wear as part of their uniform, so the name helps you remember they are the soldiers who keep order.
