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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

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

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.

Example Sentences

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Into the breach stepped Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, a Montreal technology entrepreneur and founder of Watch Mojo, a pop culture brand with 26 million subscribers on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Tech entrepreneur David Sacks, a co-chair of the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and his informal AI tsar, has been a longtime supporter.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mr. Musk, the greatest entrepreneur of my lifetime, was right about the mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Thailand-based entrepreneur said he expected "nothing personally" in return aside from "a party that is ready for government".

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

As an initial step, they were pleased to find an ally in a black small-time newspaper editor and entrepreneur, Richard E. Parker.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Zhu, the Beijing private-equity investor, said that when entrepreneurs see someone succeed in China, they believe they can do it, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

In a recent paper, Hyun analyzed 14 seasons of “Shark Tank,” the television show where entrepreneurs try to convince members of a panel of potential investors to back them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

In Ivory Coast, reducing the "significant weight" of the informal sector with notably the creation of a status for small entrepreneurs is one pillar of an ambitious national development plan, unveiled in July.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 and became one of Silicon Valley’s most celebrated young entrepreneurs by claiming the company could perform a wide range of medical tests using only a few drops of blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But cheaper merchandise isn’t always better, leaving local entrepreneurs to prove that quality is queen.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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