semipro

adjective or noun

semi·​pro ˈse-mē-ˌprō How to pronounce semipro (audio)
ˈse-ˌmī-,
-mi-

Examples of semipro in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After playing semipro ball and coaching at three colleges, Marshall moved to Florida and opened a pitching academy in 1994. Scott Allen, Washington Post, 6 July 2024 Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Yukihiro Shimura has now become a baseball missionary. Jack Nicas Dado Galdieri, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024 Toby Keith, a former rodeo hand, oil rigger and semipro football player who became a rowdy king of country music, singing patriotic anthems, wry drinking songs and propulsive odes to cowboy culture that collectively sold more than 40 million records, died Feb. 5 at 62. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 He had been paid $25 for playing in a semipro baseball game. 1951 — Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for semipro 

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of semipro was in 1908

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“Semipro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semipro. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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semipro

adjective or noun
semi·​pro ˈsem-i-ˌprō How to pronounce semipro (audio)
ˈsem-ˌī-
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