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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In Malta, home to 70,000 offshore companies and the headquarters of some of the world’s largest gambling groups, she wielded her pen against ministers and businessmen.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, successful businessmen by any measure, paid $12.5 billion for the Lakers, easily the highest price ever for a sports franchise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
These unusually outspoken public comments reflect the strain on Russian officials and businessmen who have to navigate the damage to Russia’s economy caused by the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
That’s because the group bought the team in 2010 for an estimated $480 million from American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
When he now took the usual kind of travellers across, businessmen, soldiers and women, they no longer seemed alien to him as they once had.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
