Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A man engaged in business.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective a person employed in a business at a managerial level, especially an executive or proprietor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

Etymologies

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business +‎ -man

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