entrepreneur

noun

Definition of entrepreneurnext
as in businessman
a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

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Recent Examples of entrepreneur The Beijing entrepreneur spent the summer as chief financial officer of a start-up selling digital scales. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 The model and entrepreneur walked in Schiaparelli’s Fall 2026 couture show, where Roseberry sent a number of avant-garde silicone looks down the runway. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026 In August, The Guardian reported that the museum privately hosted billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel for a VIP viewing of the tapestry. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Alex Vasquez, the owner of Rhino Realty Property Management and Rhino Realty B&B, is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, author and speaker. — Alex Vasquez, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrepreneur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
  1. businessman
  2. merchant
  3. trader
  4. buyer
Noun
  • The identity of the consignor of Princess Diana’s dress has not been revealed, but it’s understood to be a Scottish businessman.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • More recently, Frasers Group acquired the loss-making Harvey Nichols out of administration in August, gaining control of the 193-year-old luxury department store chain from Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of businessman
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  • Less enforcement means more risk for growers, local merchants and agricultural hedgers in the marketplace.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This is rice with mango — a local merchant said to describe the situation, using a common Spanish expression to describe a mess.
    — Nathan Jaccard, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of merchant
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  • In the options pits, traders are the most prepared for a pullback since early Summer.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, there’s a scene in the 2000 film Boiler Room where eight young traders are all sitting around a TV watching Wall Street.
    — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of trader
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  • Although robust buyer demand briefly drove yields down to session lows following the auction, yield levels above 5% remain substantially higher than the historical norm over the past decade.
    — , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Rodriguez, who attends some re-sees as a spectator and others as a buyer, hopes that more brands will start to separate time slots, so that buyers and editors can better do their jobs, as creators capture their content.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of buyer

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