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businesswoman

[ biz-nis-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural busi·ness·wom·en.
  1. a woman regularly employed in business, especially a white-collar worker, executive, or owner.


businesswoman

/ ˈbɪznɪsˌwʊmən /

noun

  1. a woman engaged in commercial or industrial business, esp as an owner or executive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of businesswoman1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; business + -woman
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Example Sentences

Duckett says this perhaps not realizing that, to the next generation of businesswomen of color, she already is a giant herself.

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Khadija links small-scale businesswomen with experienced business partners and that kind of mentorship is crucial.

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One of the bestselling business books for 2020 written by a man is about the disgraced Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos—it seems like one story about businesswomen that people love to hear over and over again is when they fail.

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She’s a successful businesswoman running Saudi Arabia’s most promising investment hub, Falak, since 2018, as well as other businesses she founded, such as a jewelry company and a recruitment firm.

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By then, they already knew enough about Stem, and about Milana as a businesswoman.

As a powerful mother, outspoken artist, and affluent businesswoman, Beyoncé is surely a feminist success story.

Thompson was a lower-middle-class businesswoman married to a man named Percy, who had an affair with a young man, Bywaters.

She's a businesswoman, smart and not particularly deferential toward him.

He and his father joined forces with Texas businesswoman Thelma Box to begin a series of “Pathways” seminars.

In fact, Angel feels she has only been treated with respect as an entreprenuer and businesswoman in the adult film industry.

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