Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

business-man

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.37 in modern English

Syllables: busi-ness--man
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of businessman.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Meanwhile the young ladies sauntered along—before or behind, as the case might be—in the company of the young business-man and that of another youth who had come out independently on the trolley."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

business-men (plural)

Questions

What does business-man mean?: Archaic form of businessman.

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