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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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entrepreneur entrepreneurs

“Ownership of the paper, whether it’s owned by a billionaire or whether it’s owned by a small entrepreneur, should not determine whether or not the government is going to allow for tax credits,” Champion said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

He is a serial entrepreneur who recently founded a mental health initiative and brand called ENOUGH.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Now you have to have a digital presence," she explains, "whether you are a business owner or an entrepreneur or building a personal brand."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

These will be of interest to any entrepreneur, and the entire book is a must-read for any current or hopeful restaurateur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They were dream-filled, but discerning, too, assessing—the eyes of an entrepreneur.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

That numbers-backed thinking means engineers, software developers or entrepreneurs might all find it more appealing than humanities graduates, Lechterman said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tran said “small businesses are the backbone of our economy” and he would expand access to capital, contracts and business opportunities for entrepreneurs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

While millennials and Gen X account for larger shares of new entrepreneurs, Fairlie said the entrepreneurship rate among younger adults seems to be settling at a higher level.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

In a wine bar near OpenAI’s office in San Francisco, biotech entrepreneurs Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko were worried—and excited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Here were women, all of them under thirty and some as young as sixteen, who were building nonprofits, training other women to be entrepreneurs, and risking imprisonment to report on government corruption.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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