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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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plural of entrepreneur
as in businessmen
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
Noun
It is also told through families, workers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, churches, communities, and quiet acts of sacrifice that rarely make history books but shape the nation just the same. — Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Her husband, tech entrepreneur Joshua Kushner, complemented the look in a double-breasted tuxedo. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
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Instead of shipping the goods themselves, private Cuban entrepreneurs use Katapulk to sell and deliver goods to customers. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Jiang expects the community to attract entrepreneurs, investors, and multigenerational families seeking more than another vacation home. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for entrepreneur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrepreneur
  1. businessman
  2. merchant
  3. trader
  4. buyer
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  • Local businessman Sherik Smith, an associate of Owens, was also charged and pleaded guilty in October 2024.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The businessman employed an array of shell companies and strawmen to sign documents on his behalf, and to stand in for him as operators of his companies, according to the affidavit.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of businessman
Noun
  • For Verizon Dollars, Berland said the company wanted to avoid telling customers which brands and merchants should matter to them.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Dutch merchants, families and investors moved through a wide Atlantic network that connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America.
    — R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
Definition of merchant
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  • Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • That's a key technical level watched and used by traders, illustrating a stock or index's trend.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Definition of trader
Noun
  • The typical age of a first-time buyer climbed to 40, an all-time high.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Four bidders scrapped over the nearly eight-foot-high work, known as the Hamilton Laocoön, with a buyer new to the old masters market prevailing.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 July 2026
Definition of buyer

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“Entrepreneur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrepreneur. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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