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semi-proˈfessional, n. and a.
[semi- 1 a, 2 b.]
A. n. One who receives payment for an occupation or activity but does not rely on it for subsistence.
1897Sporting News (St. Louis, Missouri) 27 Mar. 1 Doheny was only a semi-professional before he joined the New Yorks. 1971Daily Tel. 4 Oct. 11/2 From the beginning..semi-professionals and professionals swooped down on the city's many basements..where they offered new drama.
B. adj.
1. a. Designating a person or group receiving payment for an occupation or activity but not relying on it for subsistence.
1900G. Bell Let. 21 Mar. (1927) I. v. 70 He is a photographer, semi-professional. 1951Koestler Age of Longing i. 8 Gaston..had become a semiprofessional dancer and near-gigolo. 1972Daily Tel. 22 May 1/8 The Storm are a semi-professional group formed about nine months ago.
b. Applied to an organization, activity, etc., involving semi-professionals.
1976Eastern Even. News (Norwich) 9 Dec. 19/5 They would have to take drastic measures to keep the club within the semi-professional Magnet League any longer. 1978Homes & Gardens Oct. 166 As each new instrument is made..it is tested in one of the semi-professional concerts given by the group.
2. Of or pertaining to an occupation considered intermediate in standing between a learned or skilled profession and a trade or handicraft.
1950T. H. Marshall Citizenship & Social Class 150 They [sc. techniques] lend themselves in the same way to the establishment of semi-professional associations. 1965Word Study Oct. 3/1, I wonder, however, if most of us have not observed an equally wanton use of the word type among various professional and semiprofessional groups in our country.
3. Of equipment: of a kind or quality close to that appropriate for professional use.
1953E. T. Canby Home Music Systems xiii. 229 The semi-professional machines come with two or three speeds. 1975Gramophone Sept. 531/2, 3M announced a new line..called the CTR series, featuring..a semi⁓professional 8-track recorder-player. |