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business-man

business-man is the archaic form of businessman.

Meaning of businessman

Noun

businessman (plural businessmen)

  1. A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
    • I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man2005, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Jay-Z
    Synonyms:
    businessperson

Forms of business-man

pluralbusiness-men

Questions about business-man

What is business-man the archaic form of?
Business-man is the archaic form of businessman.

Words near business-man in the dictionary

  1. business-casual
  2. business-critical
  3. business-friendliness
  4. business-friendly
  5. business-like
  6. business-man
  7. business-men
  8. business-to-business
  9. business-to-business-to-consumer
  10. business-to-consumer
  11. business-to-employee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: business-man (page history and authors); businessman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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