enterpriser
- noun
- /ˈɛntərˌpraɪzər/
- As an enterpriser, she invested her savings into a startup that aimed to revolutionize online shopping.
- free enterpriser
Examples
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The enterpriser launched a new restaurant that quickly became popular in the city.
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Many enterprisers take significant risks in order to create innovative products and services.
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- They're free-enterprisers.
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However, I don't see "free enterprisers" shedding any tears for them any more than Lenin did for the kulaks.
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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.
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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
A person who starts a business and risks their own money to earn money
A person who runs a business like a shop
A person who starts risky business projects, often trading or investing overseas
How Entrepreneurial
Surface Forms
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.