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im⋅pre⋅sa⋅ri⋅o

  [im-pruh-sahr-ee-oh, -sair-]
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–noun, plural -ri⋅os.
1. a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, esp. operas, ballets, or concerts.
2. any manager, director, or the like.
Origin:
1740–50; < It, equiv. to impres(a) impresa + -ario -ary
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im·pre·sa·ri·o   (ĭm'prĭ-sär'ē-ō', -sâr'-)   
n.   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.


[Italian, from impresa, undertaking, from feminine past participle of imprendere, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprēndere; see emprise.]
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Cultural Dictionary

impresario [(im-pruh-sahr-ee-oh, im-pruh-sair-ee-oh)]

A sponsor or producer of entertainment, especially someone who works with opera or ballet companies or performers of classical music.

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Word Origin & History

impresario 
1746, from It. impresario "operatic manager," lit. "undertaker (of a business)," from impresa "undertaking," fem. of impreso, pp. of imprendere "undertake," from V.L. imprendere, from L. in- "onto" + prehendere "to grasp" (see prehensile).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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