# businessman

Pronunciation: US say "BIZ-nuhs-man" /ˈbɪznəsmæn/; UK say "BIZ-nuhs-muhn" /ˈbɪznəsmən/

## Noun

1. A man who works in business, especially one employed at or running a commercial company.
   - Simple: A man who works in business, especially buying, selling, or running a company.
   - _The businessman closed the deal only after months of careful negotiation._
   - _Several wealthy businessmen invested heavily in the new factory._

## Origin

Formed from 'business' plus '-man'. It displaced the earlier word 'merchant', which ultimately comes from Latin 'mercāns' meaning 'merchant, buyer'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/businessman (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).