noun
Meaning 1
An entrepreneur; a person who undertakes an enterprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enterpriser
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: entrepreneur
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: Gates, Bill Gates, William Henry Gates, Sinclair, Clive Sinclair, Sir Clive Marles Sinclair
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English enterprise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English enterpriser From enterprise + -er.