entrepreneur
//ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː//
Forms
- Plural
- entrepreneurs
Definitions
1.A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4234
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French entrepreneur (“one who undertakes or manages”)
From Middle French entrepreneur
From entreprendre (“to undertake”) + -eur.