enterpriser
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of enterpriser
First recorded in 1515–25; enterprise + -er 1
Example Sentences
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One private enterpriser set up a stall at the foot of St. Peter's steps to peddle rosaries, postcards, photographs.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1928 he formed a lasting partnership with Dandy Phil Kastel, a dapper little enterpriser who had whetted 'his wits as manager of a Montreal restaurant and operator of a Manhattan bucket shop.
From Time Magazine Archive
No coldhearted free enterpriser ever enforced a colder bargain.
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
What a dangerous enterpriser, however, is this man!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson
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