semipro
Speech parts
1. semipro - Noun
2. semipro - Adjective
Meaning
an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis
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Also in 1966, Paige pitched for the semipro Anchorage Earthquakers, a team that barnstormed through Canada.
Hernandez's life sentence was for his conviction of first-degree murder in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a semipro football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancée.
Josh St.Croix is a sportswriter for the Watertown Daily Times, covering high school football, basketball and softball, along with semipro football.
While the majors rebounded by the mid-1950s, the minor leagues were gutted and hundreds of semipro and amateur teams dissolved.