单词 | pro-celebrity |
释义 | pro-celebrityadj. Designating or relating to a (sporting) event in which professionals and celebrities participate together. Cf. pro-amateur adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > [adjective] amateur1789 pro-amateur1886 sand lot1890 pro-am1937 non-contact1942 pro-celebrity1952 pro-celeb1953 reserve2001 1952 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 24 Oct. 45/3 The pro-celebrity portion of the tourney will be held May 13. 1993 Face Sept. 66/1 I..suggest..they should tog up in extravagant golf clothes, play a few holes on a course and then retire to the club house like pretenders to the Tarbuck-Forsyth pro-celebrity circuit. 2001 FHM Feb. 65/3 Couples are liable to break up if they remain glued to the box even when there's nothing on except pro-celebrity chess. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1952 |
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