businessman
noun
a man regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.
businessmen
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pluralof businessman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Journal also reported that Guilfoyle boasted of luxury trips and hotel stays funded by wealthy Greek businessmen, citing hundreds of messages, emails and other records, including recorded conversations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Diplomats had indicated that France had pushed for an end to restrictions on one of the businessmen, Alisher Usmanov.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
As The Times wrote, “hundreds of motion picture celebrities and wealthy society and businessmen and women in Palm Springs appealed to Los Angeles for aid.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The lack of stigma among the Hawaiians, we learn, is cause for colonial concern: Father Damien’s death becomes a local scandal, and provokes a moral panic among the American businessmen who had bought Hawaiian land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Invalids, retirees, and small businessmen were drawn to southern California by real estate ads promising a warm climate and a good life.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
