businessman
UK/ˈbɪznəsmən//ˈbɪznəsmæn/
businessman noun: a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
Noun
businessman (plural businessmen)
- 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
- 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.2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent
- Synonyms:
- businessperson
businessman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
businessman in Hindi
- a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
- व्यापारी vyāpārī, व्यवसायी vyavsāyī, कारोबारी kārobārī
businessman in Tamil
- வணிகர்
businessman in Marathi
- businessman, industrialist
- उद्योगपती udyogaptī
businessman in Urdu
- a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution
- کَاروبارِی kārobārī
More languagesFewer languages
- businessman in Telugu
- షావుకారు ṣāvukāru, వ్యావహారికుడు vyāvahārikuḍu, కోమటి kōmaṭi
- businessman in Malayalam
- ബിസിനസ്സുകാരൻ, വ്യവസായി, വ്യവസായപ്രവർത്തകൻ, വർത്തകൻ
- businessman in Gujarati
- બિઝનેસમેન, ઉદ્યોગપતિ
- businessman in Nepali
- व्यवसायी
- businessman in Tagalog
- negosyante
- businessman in Arabic
- رَجُل أَعْمَال rajul ʔaʕmāl, تَاجِر tājir
- businessman in Malay
- peniaga, ahli perniagaan
- businessman in Indonesian
- pengusaha, usahawan, usahawati
- businessman in Thai
- นักธุรกิจ nák-tú-rá-gìt
- businessman in Vietnamese
- thương gia, doanh nhân
- businessman in Myanmar
- စီးပွားရေးသမား ci:pwa:re:sa.ma:
Examples of businessman in a sentence
- Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.
- The successful businessman was knighted and acquired a handle to his name.
- The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover.
Synonyms of businessman
Forms of businessman
| plural | businessmen |
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Origin of businessman
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Words formed from businessman
Questions about businessman
- What does businessman mean?
- Businessman means a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
- What is businessman in Hindi?
- Businessman in Hindi is व्यापारी (vyāpārī), व्यवसायी (vyavsāyī), कारोबारी (kārobārī). See Businessman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is businessman?
- Businessman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce businessman?
- Businessman is pronounced /ˈbɪznəsmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of businessman?
- The plural of businessman is businessmen.
Words near businessman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: businessman (page history and authors); businessman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उद्योगपती (Marathi) (page history and authors); కోమటి (Telugu) (page history and authors); businessman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); businessman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); businessman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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