entrepreneur
noun
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
entrepreneurs
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pluralof entrepreneur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A decade after it was acquired by the now-defunct Hudson’s Bay, the fingerprints of women entrepreneurs with the name “Gilt” on their résumés are still all over New York’s technology sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
As tales of blueberry fortunes spread, Chinese entrepreneurs rapidly built farms of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Countries must implement policies that encourage informal-sector workers to register with the tax authorities, facilitate access to financing and create infrastructure needed to accommodate small entrepreneurs.
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
Soon the level of construction would increase even more, as entrepreneurs prepared to cash in on the expected crush of exposition visitors.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
