Definition of BUSINESSMAN

businessman

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

man of affairs, businessperson

Scrabble Score: 15

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

Words With Friends Score: 20

businessman: valid Words With Friends Word