career woman

American  

[kuh-reer-woom-uhn] / kəˈrɪərˌwʊm ən /

Or careerwoman

noun

1. a woman who has a profession or a business career.

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Etymology

Origin of career woman

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

Who, then, is the Zillennial career woman in a post-Girlboss era?

From Salon

As I’ve written before for Salon, when the Vances married, JD seemed to appreciate that his wife was an ambitious career woman.

From Salon

Perhaps not in university or in high school, but as I’ve become a career woman, I like to be very, very organized.

From Los Angeles Times

Along with the cabinet secretary, she recommended that the Blairs should pay back part of the discount, though Cherie was entitled to divide her purchases into two, on the basis that half the clothes were required for her role as a "career woman".

From BBC

Sophie, Graham seems proud to announce, was once “a bit of a wild child … a party girl” who became a career woman — a political PR operative — and, for the last seven years, a full-time mother.

From Los Angeles Times