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entrepreneur

American  

[ahn-truh-pruh-nur, -noor, ahn-truh-pruh-nœr] / ˌɑn trə prəˈnɜr, -ˈnʊər, ɑ̃ trə prəˈnœr /

noun

• entrepreneurs
  plural

1. 

   a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

2. an employer of productive labor; contractor.

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verb (used with object)

1. to deal with or initiate as an entrepreneur.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as an entrepreneur.

entrepreneur British  

/ ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː, ɑ̃trəprənœr /

noun

1. the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make profits

2. a middleman or commercial intermediary

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entrepreneur Cultural  

1. One who starts a business or other venture that promises economic gain but that also entails risks.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• entrepreneurship
  noun
• entrepreneurial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• entrepreneurs
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of entrepreneur

First recorded in 1875–80; from French: literally, “one who undertakes (some task),” equivalent to entrepren(dre) “to undertake” (from Latin inter- inter- + prendere “to take,” variant of prehendere ) + -eur -eur; see enterprise

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Explanation

An entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business. Little stores and huge companies both have entrepreneurs behind them. Do you have good ideas for products? Are you OK with the idea of risk? Then maybe you should be an entrepreneur. This is someone who founds a business, whether a tiny one or a huge one. Besides starting the business, the entrepreneur takes on the most of the risk by investing their own money and/or bringing in other investors. For an entrepreneur, their business is their baby.

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“We’re not looking to radically change what this place looks and feels like,” says Biondich, an entrepreneur who has worked in 3D animation and directed commercials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The German brands meanwhile had to compete with the likes of China's BYD, which started out making batteries for mobile phones, and Xpeng, founded by software entrepreneur He Xiaopeng.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

But the U.S. government can’t predict who the next great entrepreneur will be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The 85-year-old US entrepreneur and personality has deleted a photo of herself wearing torn clothes and dirt on her face, holding a sign saying: "I am hungry help me!!"

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“We’ve also gotten a call from an entrepreneur in Texas who wants to talk to you about the possibility of opening nationwide franchises.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

Huang, a former microprocessor designer and Denny’s dishwasher, discussed the idea behind Nvidia inside a Denny’s in San Jose with fellow entrepreneurs Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Returning members of the Somali diaspora, local entrepreneurs and investors helped fuel a construction boom, with new hotels, restaurants, businesses and residential developments reshaping the capital.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Yet few of them know how much the sport owes to the Jewish players, coaches and entrepreneurs who helped get basketball off the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

"He is indefatigable, resilient and foresighted. He is one of the greatest African entrepreneurs of our time," Nigerian business leader and philanthropist Tony Elumelu was quoted as saying in Time Magazine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Superstar lawyers and math whizzes and software entrepreneurs appear at first blush to lie outside ordinary experience.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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