businessman
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈbɪznɪsˌmæn/
:
hombre de negocios
- He's a very good businessman.
- a successful businessman
- a wealthy businessman
- a prominent businessman
That's if I tell my ideas to a businessman, he's going to steal it.
- That's if I tell my ideas to a businessman, he's going to steal it.
- And then there's a northern businessman who's going South to invest.
- And and Jack is a successful businessman, very intellectual.
- But I, I, I was playing a foreign Latin American businessman that did security.
- And it's because I'm a salesperson, not a businessman now.
- She told them that it was all being funded by some French businessman, Eduard Gregorian.
- Because the businessman that you're pitching to understands this stuff.
- I thought that Connor was, was, you know, he's a businessman now.
- As Jay-Z put it, I'm not a businessman, I'm a businessman.
- It wouldn't work for edition one of the new businessman monthly perhaps.
- If you such a good businessman, why your stuff always going wrong?
Examples
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Ruysch was an extremely canny businessman who knew how to promote his own causes.
Academic text (1996) -
What this country needs is a businessman for president!
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I am a legitimate businessman.
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My grandfather was a businessman.
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We go to the office of a powerful businessman who has been described as an "aristocrat."
Academic text (1996) -
Scott takes the drink warily and looks up at the businessman next to him.
Fiction book (1991) -
He's a very successful businessman in Mumbai.
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As a successful businessman, he expanded his company into new markets.
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My father worked hard to become a respected businessman in the community.
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The businessman negotiated a favorable deal that benefited both parties.
Synonyms
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3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
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2.9
A person who owns or runs a company
A person who works in business, often managing companies
Antonyms
Compounds
- Canadian
11
2.8
A person who owns or runs a small company with fewer than 100 employees
How Prominent
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7.9
33
3.0
533
4.5
332
2.0
- Canadian
11
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word businessman comes from business + man. The word business originally meant 'the state of being busy', from busy + -ness, so a businessman is a man who is busy with trade or work and today means a man who works in or owns a company.