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Meaning
Noun
●
In American English & 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.
●
In Fiction & Science fiction:
An
unimportant
character
introduced
only to be
killed
in order to
underscore
the
peril
to the important
characters
; an
expendable
character
.
●
In American English:
A person
responsible
for
loading
and
unloading
weapons
,
artillery
, and
equipment
from aircraft.
●
Alternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).
●
Alternative form of Red Shirt
Verb
●
In American English & 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.
●
In American English & Sports:
To
take on
a
status
wherein one will
spend
a year not
participating
in
official
athletic
activities.
●
In American English:
To
hold
a
child
out of
kindergarten
for one
year
in the hope that
the
child
will do
better
academically
and socially.
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Origin
redshirt
English
red
English
hreddan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
read
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
shirt
English
scyrte
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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