businessman

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɪznəsmən//
United Kingdom//ˈbɪznɪsmən//
United States//ˈbɪznəsmæn//
United States//ˈbɪznəsmən//

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

noun

1
A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.
Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.

Etymology

From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).

Forms

plural: businessmen

bush · A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems…Bush · A surname from Middle English.business · A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

businessman · A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

bust · To break.busted · Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).buster · Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a…

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