webpreneur

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *webaną

Proto-Germanic *wabją

Old English webb

Middle English web

English web

English -preneur

English webpreneur

From web + -preneur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnɜː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnɝ/, /ˌwɛb.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

webpreneur (plural webpreneurs)

1. An entrepreneur whose venture relates to the World Wide Web.
   • 2014, The Creator of Rich Kids of Instagram, Maya Sloan, “Prologue”, in Rich Kids of Instagram, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 2:

     The New Breed of Internet Geek, proclaims a caption, Rockstar Webpreneur.