Red-shirt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Red-shirt is a noun meaning Alternative form of Red Shirt (“follower of Garibaldi”).
Meaning
Alternative form of Red Shirt (“follower of Garibaldi”).
More Meanings
- Alternative form of Red Shirt (“member of the UDD”).
Example Sentences
A concrete indicator is the rapid growth of the dissenting 'red-shirt' grassroot people who ensured the victory of the Pheu Thai Party over the conservative yellow-shirt group.
The suspension of hostilities, and the retreat of the Bourbon forces towards the sea, again inspired the people with confidence and daring; so much so, that we were obliged to station red-shirts at the advanced posts, to prevent the collisions between the Sicilians and the Bourbon troops which would have ensued from the intense hatred of the former for the latter.
THE Italian brigade in the Argonne, under the leadership of Peppino Garibaldi, four years junior to D'Annunzio and grandson of the great hero, had fought bravely but in vain against the superior forces of their German opponents. Five hundred of the original 2,000 red-shirts had been killed, wounded, or lost in the fighting; the depleted force was disbanded on 5 March 1915.'
Word Forms
- red-shirts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include redshirt, blackshirt, red-ragger, greenshirt, brownshirt.
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