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businessman

/ˈbɪznəsmæn/

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What does businessman mean?

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɪznəsmæn/

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Clay was a fine gentleman in addition to being a canny businessman in the realm of cattle and land.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
Mr. Barrow was a shrewd businessman, and felt it as well to make his own freedom from responsibility quite clear without any delay.
Frances Hodgson BurnettA Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first timeProject Gutenberg ebook #146
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A Madame Sappho would have called him a pig; a Shakespeare would have said “my merry child”; old, drinking Caryoe thought him a clever, successful businessman.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
Jurgis had given them so many instructions and warned them against so many perils, that the women were quite pale with fright, and even the imperturbable delicatessen vender, who prided himself upon being a businessman, was ill at ease.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140