entrepreneur

CEFRC1

/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who starts and runs a business.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.

Examples

  • Scott is an entrepreneur with much spirit of enterprise.

  • Everyone is an entrepreneur.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˌɑ̃.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other entertainments; the manager of a theatre or similar venue; an impresario.

  2. A person who manages an artist or performer; an agent.

  3. A person who serves as an intermediary; a middleman; a go-between.

More examples

In context

  • Chicago, it was, by way of compensation, beginning to take on the cosmopolitan cast of culture that it has worn ever since, as entrepreneur between the Old World and the New.

  • Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread outwards.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”), from Middle French entrepreneur, from entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.