Browncoat -- A fan of the short-lived Firefly TV Science Fiction series. The browncoats in the series were soldiers in the independence army, a little like greycoats in the civil war.
Blackshirt -- The Italian Fascist version of the Brownshirts
Red Shirt -- A character in fiction who is there to be canon fodder. It originated from Star Trek where security personnel wore red uniforms and were often killed in the first few minutes of the episode.
Red Shirt -- in college sports, a player who is attending classes but not competing, in order to extend their allowable eligibility.
Red Shirt -- in American football, a player who is exempted from full contact in full contact scrimmages and drills.
Red Shirt -- A follower of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian military leader and activist.
Red Shirt -- A character in fiction who is there to be canon fodder. It originated from Star Trek where security personnel wore red uniforms and were often killed in the first few minutes of the episode.
Red Shirt -- in college sports, a player who is attending classes but not competing, in order to extend their allowable eligibility.
Red Shirt -- in American football, a player who is exempted from full contact in full contact scrimmages and drills.
Red Shirt -- A follower of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian military leader and activist.
Red Shirts -- A white supremacist terrorist group in the south in from 1875 to the early 1900s.
Redcoat -- a soldier in the British Army or Marines. From the mid 17th century to the late 19th, British soldiers wore red uniform coats. The armies of Prussia wore blue coats during this time (and German dress uniforms are still this color), the French wore grey and blue.
Yellow Jersey -- In bicycle stage racing, the current leader in general classification (accumulated time). Some other races use a different color for this same purpose: the Giro d'Italia uses pink, and the Vuelta a Espania uses Red.
Bluecoat -- a soldier in the Union Army during the civil war. The Prussian army also wore blue coats.
Bluejacket -- an enlisted sailor in the US navy.
Greycoat -- a soldier in the confederate army during the civil war.
Redcoat -- a soldier in the British Army or Marines. From the mid 17th century to the late 19th, British soldiers wore red uniform coats. The armies of Prussia wore blue coats during this time (and German dress uniforms are still this color), the French wore grey and blue.
Yellow Jersey -- In bicycle stage racing, the current leader in general classification (accumulated time). Some other races use a different color for this same purpose: the Giro d'Italia uses pink, and the Vuelta a Espania uses Red.
Bluecoat -- a soldier in the Union Army during the civil war. The Prussian army also wore blue coats.
Bluejacket -- an enlisted sailor in the US navy.
Greycoat -- a soldier in the confederate army during the civil war.
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