redleg

\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1.

a. : redshank

b. : turnstone

c. : red-legged partridge

d. Wales : purple sandpiper

2. : a bacterial disease of frogs that is especially destructive when numbers of them are kept together

3.

a. usually capitalized [so called from the red leggings worn] : a guerrilla raider of pro-secessionist territory especially in Missouri during the Civil War — compare bushwhacker c

b. often capitalized [so called from the red piping formerly worn on the legs by United States artillerymen] : artilleryman

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/red"leg'/, n. U.S. Hist.

a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.

[so called from the red leggings worn by the members]

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redˈleg noun (W Indies)

A derogatory term for a poor white person, esp a descendant of original white settlers

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