impresario

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 24, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>impresario</strong> &#149; \im-pruh-SAHR-ee-oh\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> the promoter, manager, or conductor of an opera or concert company</p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> a person who puts on or sponsors an entertainment (such as a television show or sports event)</p> <p><strong>3 :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manager">manager</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/director">director</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>The former heavyweight retired from the ring and later became a boxing <em>impresario</em>.</p> <p>"Not only has he amassed more than 7.5 million views, the new poster boy for sailors' working songs has attracted a celebrity fan base, with musical <em>impressario</em> Andrew Lloyd Webber even recording himself singing along." — <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/entertainment/nathan-evans-sea-shanty-tiktok-postman-quits-job-music-career-840158">Katie Grant, <em>iNews.co.uk</em> (London), 21 Jan. 2021</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>English borrowed <em>impresario</em> directly from Italian, whose noun <em>impresa</em> means "undertaking." A close relative is the English word <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emprise">emprise</a></em> ("an adventurous, daring, or chivalric enterprise"), which, like <em>impresario</em>, traces back to the Latin verb <em>prehendere</em>, meaning "to seize." (That verb is also the source of <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprehend">apprehend</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprehend">comprehend</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prehensile">prehensile</a></em>.) English speakers were impressed enough with <em