business girl
- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs ɡɜrl/
- Archaic
:
mujer de negocios
- The business girl launched her own consulting firm after years of experience in corporate management.
Examples
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After college, she quickly became a successful business girl in the finance sector.
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The magazine featured several prominent business girls who are leading startups.
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Everyone admired her ambition and work ethic as a business girl in a competitive industry.
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The business girl impressed everyone with her presentation.
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Many business girls attended the conference this year.
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As a business girl in tech, she always strived to break the glass ceiling.
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In her new role as a business girl, she networks with other professionals to expand her influence.
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who has an important job in a company or runs her own business
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A person who owns or runs a company
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a woman involved in business' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'business' (occupation) with 'girl' (female person), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This follows common noun-noun compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, though in formal register speakers might prefer 'businesswoman'.
Etymology
Business girl may come from putting together business, meaning work in companies, and girl, meaning a young woman. Imagine a young woman with a briefcase walking into an office, and that picture explains why the phrase means 'a woman who works in business' today.