redcap

Luggage-toting railworker

A redcap is a railway porter, named for the red caps traditionally worn to be easily spotted by passengers needing help with luggage: I tipped the redcap who carried my bags.

The term is largely historical, as the occupation has declined.

In British folklore, a redcap is a malevolent goblin said to haunt ruined castles, dyeing its cap in victims' blood.

goblin

brownie

Dense chocolate baked square

sprite · imp · pixie · gnome · leprechaun · puck · nixie · dwarf · hobgoblin · gremlin

porter

railway

Track system for trains

platform · train · British · Victorian · bellhop · skycap · trolley · traveler · tipping · uniform

bird

warbler

Small melodious bird

European · woodpecker · finch · wren · thrush · robin · sparrow · songbird · pipit · titmouse

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service role

redcappassenger

Traveler, not operator

traveler · guest · customer · patron · bellhop

mythological moral alignment

redcapbrownie

Dense chocolate baked square

fairy godmother · guardian angel · good fairy · house elf · protective spirit

military function

redcapinfantryman

Ground-based combat soldier

frontline troops · enlisted man · civilian · private

Family

redcoat

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