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enterpriser

enterpriser

1 7.2
A person who starts and runs a business and risks money to earn money
  • noun
  • /ˈɛntərˌpraɪzər/
translation icon : empresario
  • As an enterpriser, she invested her savings into a startup that aimed to revolutionize online shopping.
  • free enterpriser

Examples

  • The enterpriser launched a new restaurant that quickly became popular in the city.

  • Many enterprisers take significant risks in order to create innovative products and services.

  • - They're free-enterprisers.

  • However, I don't see "free enterprisers" shedding any tears for them any more than Lenin did for the kulaks.

    Blog text (26)
  • Power to purchase commodities that owners of property have earmarked for savings flows into Wall Street and, in a complicated social and economic dance, is distributed to enterprisers and bureaucracies seeking permission to invest, develop new enterprises, or expand old ones.

    Blog text (22)
  • One day after the executions, the Florence Arizona Weekly Enterpriser ran a banner headline announcing the Apache deaths: GOOD INDIANS FIVE APACHE MURDERERS GONE TO GLORY.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

entrepreneur
vsenterpriser
305 6.9

A person who starts a business and risks their own money to earn money

organizes and manages ventures rather than only founding them
operator
vsenterpriser
69 3.6

A person who runs a business like a shop

takes on financial risk to organise and manage ventures for profit
venturer
vsenterpriser
  • Archaic
8.2

A person who starts risky business projects, often trading or investing overseas

focuses on organising and managing ventures generally, not specifically overseas deals

How Entrepreneurial

enterpriser
1 7.2
small businessman
  • Canadian
11 2.8

Surface Forms

enterpriser singular
enterprisers plural

Morphology

enterpriser = enterprise (transparent) = enterprise + er

The word is transparently formed from 'enterprise' + '-er' meaning a person associated with or engaged in the undertaking.

Etymology

Enterpriser comes from enterprise, which originally meant an action someone 'undertakes' or 'takes on'. So an enterpriser is a person who starts and manages projects and is willing to 'take on' the risks in the hope of profit.