businesswoman

/ˈbɪznɪswʊmɪn/
/ˈbɪznɪswʊmən/
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Other forms: businesswomen

Definitions of businesswoman
  1. noun
    a female businessperson
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    types:
    brothel keeper, madam
    a woman who runs a house of prostitution
    type of:
    bourgeois, businessperson
    a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbɪznɪswʊmɪn/
UK
/ˈbɪznɪswʊmən/
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