# entrepreneur

Pronunciation: US say "ahn-truh-pruh-NUR" /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/; UK say "on-truh-pruh-NUR" /ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/

## Noun

1. A person who starts a business, and more generally someone who owns and manages a business while taking on its financial risks.
   - Simple: Someone who starts their own business and takes the risk if it loses money.
   - _The entrepreneur poured her savings into a small software startup._
   - _Successful entrepreneurs often fail several times before building a company that lasts._

## Noun

2. Someone who arranges and presents concerts, plays, or other entertainments, or who runs a theater or a similar venue. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A person who organizes concerts, plays, or other shows, or who runs a theater.
   - _The entrepreneur engaged a celebrated soprano for the entire opera season._
   - _Rival entrepreneurs competed to bring the famous actress to their theaters._
3. A person who serves as an intermediary between others; a middleman or go-between. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A person who goes between two sides and helps them deal with each other.
   - _The journalist became an unlikely entrepreneur, ferrying proposals between the union and the management._
   - _During the dispute, he served as entrepreneur, carrying each side's offers quietly to the other._
4. A person who manages the career of an artist or performer, acting as their agent. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A person who manages a singer, actor, or other performer and finds work for them.
   - _Her entrepreneur arranged a tour of the provincial theaters and took a share of every fee._
   - _The violinist quarreled with his entrepreneur over the terms of the American engagements._

## Origin

English borrowed this from French entrepreneur ("one who undertakes or manages"), which came from Middle French, formed from entreprendre ("to undertake") plus the suffix -eur.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/entrepreneur (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).