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homme d'affaires

American  
[awm da-fer] / ɔm daˈfɛr /

noun

French.
hommes d'affaires plural
  1. a businessman.


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"This," said she to the shopman, "is the residence of my homme d'affaires: follow me, and you shall have your money."

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.

"Practicien, homme d'affaires ou de chicane": roughly, "practitioner, man of business or law": so his father is described in his birth certificate.

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard

His homme d'affaires brought his papers in a sack, and displayed the plans of his estates, and the titles of his glorious ancestry.

From The Paris Sketch Book by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Heurteux, homme d'affaires, coming from the bright sunlight into the semi-darkness of the salon, blinked uncertainly, tried to distinguish his surroundings.

From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Ives, George Burnham

A flood of bright light suddenly burst into the salon with the maid, who brought her mistress a card: "Heurteux, homme d'affaires."

From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Ives, George Burnham

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