redcap:
(plural: ‘redcaps‘; pronunciation: ‘red…cap’)
a trio of female redcaps
(in British usage) a military policeman or policewoman; military police;
(in American usage) a porter — a worker who carries passengers’ luggage at an airport or railway station for money,
e.g.
Redcaps are the police officers in the Royal Military Police, and they are called redcaps because they wear redcaps — red-topped peaked caps or red berets.
Most tourists using Amtrak train often find difficult to decide how much to tip the redcaps, the railway porters in red caps.
a redcap with an experience of 40 years, helping a passenger with his luagggage
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