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/ˈbɪznəsmən/ · noun
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.
Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.
Use business man when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Business man means A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution..
Common synonyms include businessperson, man of affairs.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
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