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Definition of Redshirt
1. Noun. (US collegiate sports) an athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years ¹
2. Verb. (US collegiate sports) to place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years. ¹
3. Verb. (American English) To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially. ¹
4. Noun. (context: fiction science fiction) An unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character. ¹
5. Noun. (US navy) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Redshirt
1. to keep a college athlete out of varsity play in order to extend his eligibility [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redshirt
Literary usage of Redshirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1906)
"Among the many subjects discussed are the "Black Code," the organisation,
characteristics, and effects of the Ku- klux Klan, the redshirt Democracy, etc. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"But on the morning of May 5, the inquisitive tourist would have searched for
these interesting strangers in vain ; not a redshirt was to be seen on the ..."
3. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"Looking in the direction from whence the interruption came, I saw a " redshirt,"
mounted on his horse, not ten feet from the governor, with a Colt's ..."
4. Reminiscences of a Diplomatist's Wife: Further Reminiscences of a by Hugh Fraser (1912)
"Lanza's soldiers openly lamented the absence of the trusty Swiss comrades who
would have enabled them to deal promptly with the redshirt rabble and the ..."
5. Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification (1890)
"Cold and wet with the heavy mist of the autumnal night, the Seventy watched and
waited for the return of a boatman—an old redshirt—who was sent to obtain ..."
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