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A college athlete who is allowed to practice with the varsity team but is kept out of competition for one year in order to extend the athlete's period of eligibility.
tr.v. red·shirt·ed, red·shirt·ing, red·shirts
To make (a student) a redshirt.

[From the red jerseys worn by such athletes to distinguish them from the regular players.]


vb (intr)
(General Sporting Terms) sport US (of a college athlete) to take a year out of a sports team


1. a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility.
2. to withdraw (an athlete) from varsity competition.
[1950–55, Amer.; from the red shirts worn in practice by such athletes]
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The red-shirt participants, who represent Malaysian non-governmental organizations, began the march from Putra World Trade Centre and headed towards the parliament building, in response to Bersih 4 rally that was organized on 29 and 30 of last August, which called for constitutional reforms and the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as Red-shirt movement, plans to hold a rally at Ratprasong intersection in the central business district of Bangkok to mark bloody crackdown on May 19, 2010.
Summary: Thailand's opposition won a landslide election victory Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year.
He is accused of financing recent red-shirt protests in the Thai capital that left 88 people dead and thousands wounded following a military crackdown.
Summary: The government in Thailand has rejected an offer of mediated talks with red-shirt protesters aimed at ending the violent confrontations.
But protest leaders called on up to 3,000 red-shirt supporters to hold their ground as fears grew of a bloodbath in the streets of Thailand's capital.
But there has also been criticism that the government has been too lenient in its treatment of suspected red-shirt leaders after pictures of the men looking relaxed and smiling for group shots in a spacious, well-furnished house were circulated on the internet
Troops shot at least five people, including a Thai journalist, during the gunfight near the red-shirt protesters' camp, The Age reports.
At least two bodies - suspected to be of slain red-shirt guards - were seen being removed from the area, he said, and the Thai Red Cross appealed for blood donations.
Maj Gen Khattiya also known as 'Sah Daeng' was inspecting security barriers near the Red-Shirt rally site, and addressing a group of foreign reporters when he was shot.