| 单词 | man of business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman of business man of business n. (a) a man of businesslike habits, one skilled in business (in various senses) (now rare); †(b) a man engaged in public affairs (obsolete); (c) (frequently with possessive adjective) a man who transacts a person's business, a business agent or (Scottish) a lawyer; (d) a man engaged in commercial or business transactions, a businessman (now somewhat archaic). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] merchantc1225 grocer1427 merchantman1449 marketor1474 fleece-feeder1549 mercadore1595 marcantanta1616 man of business1640 correspondent1698 businessman1803 mercantile1813 net importer1925 commercial1962 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] man of business1640 homme d'affaires1717 businessman1803 businessperson1834 operator1838 towkay1854 grey suit1969 pinstripe1970 suit1977 pin-striper1979 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > involved in public affairs man of business1640 society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent procurera1325 attorney-general1597 procureur1604 trampler1608 attorney universal1637 man of business1779 businessman1798 mukhtar1801 1640 J. Wadsworth tr. A. Colmenero de Ledesma Curious Treat. Chocolate 18 There is another..shorter and quicker way..for men of businesse, who cannot stay long about it. 1670 Bp. G. Burnet Let. in T. E. S. Clarke et al. Life G. Burnet (1907) III. v. 192 I am..resolved never to have anything to do more with men of business, particularly with any in opposition to the Court. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋3 I am a Man of Business, and obliged to be much abroad. 1753 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (ed. 4) I. xvi. 157 Pericles, a man of business, and a man of sense. 1779 Mirror No. 32 The remonstrances of his man of business, aided by very urgent requests from me. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 629 If we were all men of business our mental pleasures would be abridged. 1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 232 In Scotland it is usual to term the law-agent or man of business of any party his ‘doer’. 1902 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer IV. v. 188 Many men of business..enjoy in strict privacy a little whimpering over a novel. 1916 tr. P. Bourget in E. Wharton Bk. Homeless 69 [He] told me that his man of business was at the Dardanelles. ‘His wife looks after my property in his place.’ 2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 220 An intent man of business scurries by. < as lemmas |
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