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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
impresario
 
SYLLABICATION:im·pre·sa·ri·o
PRONUNCIATION:  mpr-sär-, -sâr-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. im·pre·sa·ri·os
1. One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company. 2. A manager; a producer.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, from impresa, undertaking, from feminine past participle of imprendere, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprndere. See emprise.
 
 
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