empresario
noun
em·pre·sa·rio
ˌemprəˈsärēˌō,
-sa(a)r-,
-ser-,
-sȧr-
plural -s
: one who before Texas became part of the U.S. entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican government to settle a certain number of families in Texas in exchange for sizable grants of land
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, contractor, manager, probably from Italian impresario