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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: pro + am (from amateur)

pro-am

 noun
     
Related topics: Sport
pro-am [countable]
DS a competition, especially in golf, for professionals (=people who play for money) and amateurs (=people who play just for pleasure)
—pro-am adjective
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