Definition of BUSINESSMAN

businessman

Meanings

Plural: businessmen

Noun

  • a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
  • A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

businessperson, man of affairs

Scrabble Score: 15

businessman is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
businessman is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
businessman is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

businessman is a valid Words With Friends word