major-league club
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈmeɪdʒər liɡ klʌb/
- US
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club de las grandes ligas
- Scouting reports show that the major-league club is interested in several young talents.
- sign with a major-league club
- major-league club owners
- help a major-league club
Examples
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Many high school graduates aspire to play for a major-league club one day.
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Face it: we must remember it is the major league club, the entire minor league system of some 200 players and coaching staff, scouting, front offices for all levels, and also the international scene.
Blog text (19) -
These contests are daily occurrences in San Pedro, where almost a dozen major league clubs maintain a constant presence.
Academic text (1994) -
The grandson of St. Martin islanders, Carty's United States debut at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago so impressed major league clubs that nine of them made him offers to play professionally.
Academic text (1994) -
The Sox farm system is hurting; the major league club has many holes; the Sox are counting on Floyd and/or Danks as starting pitchers and have an awful bullpen.
Blog text (7) -
Quintin Berry could perhaps provide value to the Tigers' major league club as a 25th man pinch runner-type player, but he shouldn't be in the mix for an everyday outfield spot or even a platoon spot.
Blog text (11) -
The star pitcher was traded to a major-league club last season.
Synonyms
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3.2
A team that plays at the highest professional level in a sport
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
major-league + club
The compound is directly interpretable from its parts: 'major' (important/top), 'league' (a sports competition) and 'club' (team), so 'major-league club' clearly means a team that plays in a top professional league. This follows normal English compounding and has clear cross‑linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will very likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Major-league club comes from sports: a major league is the biggest, most important competition and a club is a team, so the phrase pictures a team that plays at the highest professional level and thus means 'a top professional team'.