Thesaurus results for BUSINESSMAN

businessman

noun

Definition of businessman

as in entrepreneur

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Recent Examples of businessman Ellison was a respected Atlanta businessman, community leader, and family patriarch. — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Democratic Primary Alex Kelloff, a businessman, and Dwayne Romero, an Army veteran, are competing for the Democratic nomination to represent the western half of the state. — New York Times, 1 July 2026 Vanessa Williams and Jim Skrip Vanessa Williams and businessman Jim Skrip tied the knot on July 4, 2015, in Buffalo, New York, celebrating their wedding in the bride's hometown. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 When Sedalia businessman Jorge Guevara saw on social media Tuesday that the Royals’ 50-50 charity raffle was going toward the American Red Cross’ earthquake relief efforts in Venezuela, he instantly was compelled to enter online. — Vahe Gregorian july 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for businessman

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The Sunday Times has reported claims about Farage’s financial relationship with George Cottrell, an aristocratic, crypto-gambling entrepreneur and on-off aide to the Reform UK leader.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Cuban made hundreds of his employees millionaires The entrepreneur has long shared his business wins with employees.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 July 2026

Definition of entrepreneur

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For Verizon Dollars, Berland said the company wanted to avoid telling customers which brands and merchants should matter to them.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Dutch merchants, families and investors moved through a wide Atlantic network that connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of merchant

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Gendron said his ancestors were among the first outsiders to settle the island in the 1700s, when three brothers, fur traders all, left Canada and followed the Mississippi south.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
That's a key technical level watched and used by traders, illustrating a stock or index's trend.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026

Definition of trader

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