businessperson

busi·ness·per·son  (bzns-pûrsn)

n.

One engaged in business. See Usage Note at man.

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businessperson [ˈbɪznɪsˌpɜrsən]

n pl -people, -persons

(Business / Professions) a person engaged in commercial or industrial business, esp as an owner or executive

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise bourgeois capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) accountant, comptroller, controller - someone who maintains and audits business accounts account executive, account representative, customer's broker, customer's man, registered representative - someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business broker, factor, agent - a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) businesswoman - a female businessperson enterpriser, entrepreneur - someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it exporter - a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) importer - someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade shipper - someone who ships goods provider, supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity