Businessmen
a man regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.
Contemporary Examples
Justin Timberlake & More of the Best Music Videos This Week (VIDEO) Jean Trinh March 21, 2013
My Mom’s Life as a Playboy Bunny Susanna Speier September 24, 2011
Obama’s China Summit Woes Leslie H. Gelb January 15, 2011
Mitt Romney: The GOP’s Field’s Rodney Dangerfield McKay Coppins June 1, 2011
Why Rich People Are So Miserable Barbara Goldsmith November 20, 2008
Historical Examples
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] Wolfram Eberhard
The Myth in Marriage Alice Hubbard
After the Rain Sam Vaknin
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 Various
The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation
noun (pl) -men
a person, esp a man, engaged in commercial or industrial business, esp as an owner or executive
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