Meanings
nounbusinessperson (plural businesspersons or businesspeople)
plural businesspersons · plural businesspeople
- A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Arabic تَاجِر, تَاجِرَة
- تَاجِر (tājir)a person in business
- تَاجِرَة (tājira)a person in business
Bulgarian би́знесмен, би́знесда́ма
- би́знесмен (bíznesmen)a person in business
- би́знесда́ма (bíznesdáma)a person in business
Chinese Cantonese 商人
- 商人 (soeng¹ jan⁴)a person in business
Chinese Mandarin 商人
- 商人 (shāngrén)a person in business
Czech obchodník, obchodnice
- obchodníka person in business
- obchodnicea person in business
- podnikatela person in business
- podnikatelkaa person in business
Esperanto aferisto
- aferistoa person in business
Finnish liikemies, liikenainen
- liikemiesa person in business
- liikenainena person in business
French homme d'affaires, femme d'affaires
- homme d'affairesa person in business
- femme d'affairesa person in business
- personne d'affairesa person in business
German Unternehmer, Unternehmerin
- Unternehmera person in business
- Unternehmerina person in business
- Geschäftsmanna person in business
- Geschäftsfraua person in business
Hindi व्यापारी, व्यवसायी
- व्यापारी (vyāpārī)a person in business
- व्यवसायी (vyavsāyī)a person in business
- कारोबारी (kārobārī)a person in business
Japanese 起業家, 実業家
- 起業家 (kigyōka)a person in business
- 実業家 (jitsugyōka)a person in business
Korean 실업가
- 실업가 (sireopga)a person in business
Latin negotiator, negotiatrix
- negotiatora person in business
- negotiatrixa person in business
- negotiansa person in business
Norwegian Bokmål forretningsmann, forretningskvinne
- forretningsmanna person in business
- forretningskvinnea person in business
Polish biznesmen, bizneswoman
- biznesmena person in business
- bizneswomana person in business
- przedsiębiorcaa person in business
- przedsiębiorczynia person in business
Russian предпринима́тель, предпринима́тельница
- предпринима́тель (predprinimátelʹ)a person in business
- предпринима́тельница (predprinimátelʹnica)a person in business
- бизнесме́н (biznɛsmén)a person in business
- бизнесву́мен (biznɛsvúmɛn)a person in business
- бизнесме́нша (biznɛsménša)a person in business
- бизнес-ле́ди (biznɛs-lédi)a person in business
Slovak obchodník, obchodníčka
- obchodníka person in business
- obchodníčkaa person in business
- podnikateľa person in business
- podnikateľkaa person in business
Swedish affärsman, affärskvinna
- affärsmana person in business
- affärskvinnaa person in business
Thai นักธุรกิจ
- นักธุรกิจ (nák-tú-rá-gìt)a person in business
Turkish iş adamı, iş insanı
- iş adamıa person in business
- iş insanıa person in business
Ukrainian підприє́мець, підприє́мниця
- підприє́мець (pidpryjémecʹ)a person in business
- підприє́мниця (pidpryjémnycja)a person in business
- бізнесме́н (biznesmén)a person in business
Urdu کَاروبارِی
- کَاروبارِی (kārobārī)a person in business
Cite this entry
APA
businessperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businessperson
MLA
“businessperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businessperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “businessperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/businessperson.
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