redshirt
pronunciation
How to pronounce redshirt in British English:
UK [red'ʃɜ:t]
How to pronounce redshirt in American English:
US [red'ʃɜt]
Word Origin
- redshirt (v.)
- "to withdraw (a player) from the varsity team to add a year to his or her eligibility," 1955, in reference to the red shirts worn by athletes on the scrimmage squad; from red (adj.1) + shirt (n.).
Example
- 1. Faces years in jail , or even a death sentence , for urging redshirt rioters to burn down a shopping centre .
- 2. Bangkok , thailand : a redshirt ( anti-government protester ) wearing prison chains and painted as a ghost spirit is escorted by thai police away from the entrance of the criminal court in the capital , where redshirt leaders are applying for bailphotograph : narong sangnak / epa