HOW TO PRONOUNCE
businessman
/ˈbɪznəsmæn/
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What does businessman mean?
noun
- A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
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IPA pronunciation
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Clay was a fine gentleman in addition to being a canny businessman in the realm of cattle and land.
Mr. Barrow was a shrewd businessman, and felt it as well to make his own freedom from responsibility quite clear without any delay.
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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.
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.