Definition of "redleg" in Englisch

noun

1. A bird, the redshank.

2. A bird, the turnstone.

3. A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.

4. (Caribbean, derogatory) A member of a class of impoverished white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.