Word of the Day:
businessman
What It Means
A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
Businessman in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Source and license
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