con-trepreneur
n.— «Down the scale of female “con-trepreneur” scale you will find the matronly variety, the kind that gives the impression of having coined their fortune during the 1970s coffee boom.» —“Nairobi’s Con Circles” by Kamau Mutunga The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya) Dec. 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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