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impresario definition

im·pre·sa·rio (im′prə sä′rē ō, -ser′ē-)

noun pl. impresarios -·rios

the organizer, manager, or director of an opera or ballet company, concert series, etc.

Etymology: It < impresa, enterprise < imprendere, to undertake < VL *imprehendere: see emprise

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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