A person who undertakes or invests in a commercial adventure or enterprise; one who ventures capital in some project, esp. trade or settlement; a…

One who ventures, in various senses; an adventurer.

A subscriber to, or shareholder in, a mercantile venture. Obsolete.

A person who owns and manages a business, bearing the financial risks of the enterprise; (now) spec. a person who sets up a business or businesses…

One who engages in commercial or financial speculation.

One who speculates in commerce or finance.

A person who carries on (speculative) financial operations. Also: a person adept at speculative or shrewd operations; (formerly) a person who acts…

Originally in French contexts: a female entrepreneur (in various senses of entrepreneur, n.).

= boomer, n.1; one who works up a ‘boom’; a speculator.

One who ‘booms’ or pushes an enterprise. U.S. slang.