Meaning & use
mumpreneur
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Meanings
nouncountableinformalBritish
A mother who starts and runs her own business, often while raising young children at the same time.
Grammar: Countable: say 'a mumpreneur' or 'mumpreneurs'. It is a person, so use who/that in relative clauses.
Patterns
- a mumpreneur who runs something
- become a mumpreneur
- a mumpreneur from somewhere
After her second child was born, she became a mumpreneur selling handmade candles online.
The magazine ran a feature on mumpreneurs who work from their kitchen tables.
As a mumpreneur, he finds it hard to attend daytime networking events.
nouncountableinformalBritish
A woman who combines looking after her children with running a small company, especially one based at home.
Grammar: Used mainly in articles about work and family; the plural is 'mumpreneurs'.
Patterns
- work as a mumpreneur
- a successful mumpreneur
She calls herself a mumpreneur because she fits her design work around school hours.
Local banks now offer special loans for mumpreneurs starting up at home.
Word forms
| plural | mumpreneurs |
|---|
Common combinations
- become a mumpreneur
- She became a mumpreneur after being made redundant.
- a successful mumpreneur
- He is a successful mumpreneur with three shops in the city.
- work as a mumpreneur
- Many women work as mumpreneurs while their children are small.
- mumpreneur network
- The mumpreneur network meets every Friday in the community hall.
- support for mumpreneurs
- The council announced new support for mumpreneurs setting up online stores.
Synonyms and how they differ
- entrepreneur
- This is the general, neutral word for anyone who starts a business; 'mumpreneur' adds the idea that the person is a mother and often works around family life.
- business owner
- A plain, formal term that says nothing about children or gender, so it fits official documents better than 'mumpreneur'.
- mompreneur
- The American spelling and pronunciation of the same idea; use it for US readers.
Word family
- mompreneur noun
- The American version of the same word.
- entrepreneur noun
- A person who starts and runs a business.
- entrepreneurial adjective
- Describing the skills or attitude of someone who starts businesses.
Commonly confused: mumpreneur or mum?
mumpreneur vs mum
'Mum' is a mother, and 'mumpreneur' is built from it, but the longer word refers to a businesswoman, not just a parent.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'mumpreneur' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Mumpreneur' is a countable noun for a mother who runs a business, so it fits after 'a' as a person. The other options wrongly use it as a verb or as a thing.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “mumpreneur”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.