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Redshirt

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounA revolutionary or anarchist.
3.NounA 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.
4.NounAn unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character.
"Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts."
5.NounA person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.
6.NounAlternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).
7.VerbTo 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.
"The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk."
8.VerbTo take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.
9.VerbTo 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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