How to pronounce “redshirt”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (now historical) A supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily. [from 19th c.]
• (now chiefly historical) A revolutionary or anarchist. [from 19th c.]
• (US, sports) A college athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years. [from 20th c.]
• (fiction, science fiction, fandom slang) An unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character.
• (US, military) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.
• Alternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).
• [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.
• (US, collegiate sports) To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.
• (US) To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.

Practice Nearby Words

nontraditional student, nonretirement, nonrenewer, nonathlete, nondropout, nonimport, nonpromotion, nonlifer, non-runner, nonrecidivist, nonrepeater, nonparticipant, nonincumbent, noncollegian, nonannuitant, nonstudent, nonrecycler, nonresident, nonrider, non-trad, nonreturner, noncandidate, undergraduacy, non-resident, nonsailor, nonemigrant, noncheerleader, nonmajor, nonentrant, neuter, ineligible, nonplayer, unemployee, nonsoldier, nonrunaway, subgraduate, noninterview, nonrunner, non-prisoner, noncorrespondent, undergraduate, nonofficer, nonreplier, nonshipper, nonvoter, nonsenior, nonfrat, nongymnast, nonlearner, nonprofessor, nonscorer, undroppable, nonpensioner, ghost prisoner, nongraduate, nonperformer, non-member, non-offender, nonresistant, exempt, nonapplicant, non-op, nonborrower, nonrespondent, non-participation, mr irrelevant, nonsuperstar, nontrader, nondelinquent, nonrefugee, nonoperator, non-railwayman, noninitiate, nonshedder, nonswimmer, nonexchanger, nonrioter, nonquitter, nonregular, nonrecluse, nonfinalist, nonfirefighter, nonsubmitter, noncareerist, nondisqualification, nonundergraduate, nonjogger, noninpatient, no-trade clause, nonstriker, nonchampion, nonleader, nonparticipator, non partant, nonprisoner, nonreader, nonrebel, nonloser, nontrier, nonpro

Similar Sounds

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