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Vinony

businessman

noun

  1. man involved in business activities
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪznəsmən/ / /ˈbɪznɪsmən/ / /ˈbɪznəsmæn/

noun

Etymology: From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).

  1. A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

    “I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man”

    “BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.”