businessmen meaning

Definition of businessmen

1. the body of individuals who manage businesses

   Synonyms: business community

   Type of: profession

businessmen in a sentence

• Businessmen could not pay back money they owed the banks.
• He wanted them to go to college and learn to be businessmen.
• He is without doubt one of the most successful businessmen in Japan.
• The audience was mostly businessmen.
• I don't trust businessmen.

How to pronounce businessmen

businessmen is pronounced /ˈbɪznɪsmən/ in British English and /ˈbɪznɪsmɛn/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.