enterpriser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of enterpriser
First recorded in 1515–25; enterprise + -er 1
Example Sentences
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We know that the word "freedom" means different things to different people and so we want to find out, for instance, what the French Socialist thinks as compared to the American private enterpriser.
From Time Magazine Archive
From fast food to faster skateboards, whatever Californians want, there is usually an enterpriser around to sell it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ayub Khan, a devout Moslem and a confirmed free enterpriser, praised the Red Chinese dedication to work.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a Utah enterpriser, he had used the sizable fortune inherited from his pioneer father to build a small empire of sugar, lumber and construction companies, and 28 banks throughout Utah and Idaho.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like a manufacturing enterpriser, he buys the factors of production, combines them into new products, and sells them again.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
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