"businessperson" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-businessperson.wav [US] Forms: businesspersons [plural], businesspeople [plural]
Etymology: business + person Etymology templates: {{compound|en|business|person}} business + person Head templates: {{en-noun|s|businesspeople}} businessperson (plural businesspersons or businesspeople)
  1. A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution. Wikipedia link: businessperson Categories (topical): People Related terms: businessman, businesswoman Translations (a person in business): تَاجِر (tājir) [masculine] (Arabic), تَاجِرَة (tājira) [feminine] (Arabic), прадпрыма́льнік (pradprymálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), прадпрыма́льніца (pradprymálʹnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), бізнэсмэ́н (biznesmén) [masculine] (Belarusian), 商人 (shāngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), aferisto (Esperanto), liikemies (Finnish), liikenainen (Finnish), homme d’affaires [masculine] (French), femme d’affaires [feminine] (French), personne d’affaires [feminine] (French), Unternehmer [masculine] (German), Unternehmerin [feminine] (German), Geschäftsmann [masculine] (German), Geschäftsfrau [feminine] (German), 起業家 (kigyōka) (alt: きぎょうか) (Japanese), 実業家 (jitsugyōka) (alt: じつぎょうか) (Japanese), muonjoria [class-1] (Kikuyu), 실업가 (sireopga) (Korean), negotiator [masculine] (Latin), negotiatrix f. negotians [feminine, masculine] (Latin), наймаач (najmaač) (Mongolian), предпринима́тель (predprinimátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), предпринима́тельница (predprinimátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén) [masculine] (Russian), นักธุรกิจ (nák-tú-rá-gìt) (Thai), ཚོང་པ (tshong pa) (Tibetan), підприє́мець (pidpryjémecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), підприє́мниця (pidpryjémnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), бізнесме́н (biznesmén) [masculine] (Ukrainian), olówò (Yoruba), oníṣòwò (Yoruba)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.