redshirt
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- noun
- /ˈrɛdˌʃɜrt/
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- Is the entire commie redshirt brigade inside a metaphorical train?
Examples
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Google isn't biased in favor of The Hunger Games over Redshirts.
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Google just probably hasn't seen enough data to make it feel confident that it makes sense to insert a Redshirts link into a "pure" Amazon search.
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That said, I liked Andromeda, and I'd welcome the chance to see some red shirts who aren't, well, redshirts.
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I definitely don't like the Borg implant concept, but can see the idea of having soldiers (redshirts) who are linked together for team action at times.
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Try the same thing for a search on "Redshirts," a great sci-fi novel by John Scalzi (required reading for anyone with even a passing familiarity with how the redshirts on Star Trek always die).
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The volunteers wore their redshirts proudly as they marched through the streets to support their cause.
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During the protest, the redshirts gathered to show their solidarity for the movement led by Garibaldi.
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In 19th-century Italy, many redshirts fought bravely for unification under the leadership of Garibaldi.
Synonyms
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A person who supports socialism or communism and wears a red shirt to show it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Redshirt comes from 19th-century volunteers who wore a simple red shirt while fighting with Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy, and that bright shirt became a symbol of their group. So a redshirt is a member of that volunteer force or anyone identified by such a red shirt.