businessman
n. countablen. a man who works in business, especially one who has an important job in a company. You use this to describe someone who manages or owns a commercial organization.
n. a male person engaged in commercial or industrial business, particularly in an executive or ownership capacity. Often replaced by the gender-neutral 'businessperson' in modern professional contexts.
The businessman wears a suit to every meeting.
A local businessman decided to invest in the new community center to help young entrepreneurs.
While the traditional image of a businessman involves a briefcase and a formal office, modern commerce allows many to operate entirely through digital platforms from remote locations.
From business + -man. Displaced earlier merchant, ultimately from Latin mercāns (“merchant, buyer”).
Often used in the plural 'businessmen'; increasingly substituted with 'businessperson' or 'executive' to avoid gender-specific language.