businessman

CEFRA2

/ˈbɪznəsmən/

noun

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noun
A man who works in business or owns a company.
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noun
Extra detail
A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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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.

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I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man
2005, “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Jay-Z
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.
2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent
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.
2017 September 30, Ross Douthat, “Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner”, in The New York Times

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