Definition of Businessmen

1. Noun. The body of individuals who manage businesses.

Exact synonyms: Business Community
Generic synonyms: Profession

Definition of Businessmen

1. Noun. (plural of businessman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Businessmen

1. businessman [n] - See also: businessman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Businessmen

business relationship
business school
business sector
business suit
business traveler
business trip
business venture
businesse
businesses
businessese
businesslike
businesslikely
businesslikeness
businessman
businessmanlike
businessmen (current term)
businesspeople
businessperson
businesspersons
businesswear
businesswide
businesswise
businesswoman
businesswomen
businessworthiness
businessworthy
businessy
busing
busings

Literary usage of Businessmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"businessmen Virtuous and Reprobate A significant segment of the original incorporated members was composed of merchants and men of independent wealth not ..."

2. The Journey of Self-Discovery by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1990)
"Spiritual Advice to businessmen On January 30, 1973, in Calcutta, Srila Prabhupada speaks to the Bharata Chamber of Commerce, a group of the region's ..."

3. An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation by Thorstein Veblen (1917)
"The American national establishment, eg, which may be taken as a fairly characteristic type-form in this bearing, is a government of businessmen for ..."

4. Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution by Thorstein Veblen (1915)
"The "efficiency engineers" have no hesitation about saying that the businessmen's management of industry has resulted in a wasteful use of the equipment and ..."

5. U.S. Policy Consideration on the 40th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising edited by Benjamin A. Gilman (2001)
"So if we get businessmen also to say it is important to them that there be a ... I think if we can get the businessmen who are going with Daley to also make ..."

6. The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Thorstein Veblen (1918)
"The greater the number and the higher the proficiency of the community's businessmen, other things equal, the worse must the rest of the community come off ..."

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