Definition of "redshirt" []

• To keep (a college or school athlete) out of varsity competition for one year in order to extend the athlete's period of eligibility. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "From Wikipedia: A redshirt is a stock character, used frequently in science fiction but also in other genres, whose purpose is to die soon after being introduced, thus indicating the dangerous circumstances faced by the main characters."
• "A redshirt is a term essentially used for skipping a year."
• "The good news is Hill will be back next season and was granted a medical redshirt, meaning he retains two more seasons of eligibility."