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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

   "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man"

2. 2
   a man engaged in commercial or industrial business wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bankerbaronbusinesspersonbusinesspersoncapitalistcapitalist

Example

More examples

"What did the businessman say when he invented the zip-fastener?"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

businessman's LSDbusinessman's lunchbusinessman's riskbusinessman's specialbusinessman's trip

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