businessman

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

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪznəsmən/, /ˈbɪznɪsmən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪznəsmæn/, /ˈbɪznəsmən/

businessman (plural businessmen)

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

• businessperson

• entrepreneur

Borrowed from English businessman.

• IPA^(key): /biz.nɛs.man/

businessman m (plural businessmen or businessmans, feminine businesswoman)

1. businessman

• “businessman” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).