businessman

Word family

busi·ness·man /ˈbɪznəsmən/ W3 noun (plural businessmen /-mən/) [countableC]

BUSINESSa man who works in business 商人；企业家，实业家

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

small businessmen (=owning businesses that employ only a few people)

shopkeepers and other small businessmen

a successful businessman

a highly successful businessman

a good businessman (=good at doing business)

He had researched the costs, like any good businessman.

a wealthy businessman

The ship was owned by a wealthy businessman.

a shrewd/astute businessman (=able to understand situations in business and make good decisions)

Are you a shrewd businessman, quick to see how to make a profit?

a leading/prominent businessman

In many cities prominent businessmen encouraged and financed city centre improvements.

Examples from the Corpus

businessman• Mr Duvall is a businessman like yourself, Mr Briscoe!• Cantu and San Diego businessmen seem to have had a comfortable relationship.• As often as not, they were the names of her favourite businessmen of the moment.• In certain cases individual businessmen had considerable success in setting companies on more prosperous paths.• Whether such a use results in the businessman trading on written standard terms and conditions, is probably a matter of degree.• The businessmen accused the government of delivering too much inflation and too few tax cuts.• But the wealthy businessmen who hitherto have been his best customers are counting their change these days.

From Longman Business Dictionary