Does the term "startup" appear in any dictionaries before 1993

Post-1993, a Wikipedia search for "tech startup" redirects to the page for "startup company". Interestingly, it contains a reference to YC

The definition of "startup company" provided relies on a single reference to a 2013 Forbes article

https://web.archive.org/web/20131217064510if_/http://www.for...

What does "tech startup" actually mean. Is there a concise, unambiguous definition

Putting aside the ambiguous term "tech", why not just use the term "company"

The term "company" can be defined concisely as, e.g., "an association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business". Note there is no need to refer to an example company

Is it possible to define "startup" without referring to an example startup