redshirts
redshirts is the plural of redshirt.
redshirts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of redshirt.
Meaning of redshirt
Noun
redshirt (plural redshirts)
- A supporter of the Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, especially a member of his thousand-man army which conquered Sicily.
- Loyal regiments from Naples and other provinces of the mainland fought valiantly and were victorious un several skirmishes against the redshirts near Capua.2011, David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy, Penguin, published 2012, page 196
- A revolutionary or anarchist.
- 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.
- An 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.
- A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.
Noun capitalized: Redshirts
Redshirts
- plural of Redshirt
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