businessman

A2
US /ˈbɪznəsmæn/ UK /ˈbɪznəsmən/
noun Freq #5714

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

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

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

  2. 2
    noun

    a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

Etymology

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a man in business, one who... businessperson
2 noun · a person engaged in... man of affairs

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