a person engaged in commercial or industrial business, esp as an owner or executive
▶ USAGE The gender-neutral form of businessman and businesswoman is businessperson, but it does not appear to be very widely used. The plural business people is quite widely used, and if you wish to avoid being gender-specific, you could tryrecasting your sentence to use the plural
Examples of 'businesspeople' in a sentence
businesspeople
Since this was Sunday the bar's usual complement of tri-town businesspeople was elsewhere deployed.
Delman, David DEATH OF A NYMPH
Good news, you might think, for local businesspeople prepared to work hard.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Occasional family members became schoolteachers, clerks, businesspeople, but always after a struggle.
The Times Literary Supplement (2015)
Nothing has done more to alienate businesspeople from wildlife than this sort of newty-statism.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Athletes, high-flying businesspeople and, yes, even football managers use it to boost performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Businesspeople must be allowed to make money.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Athletes have an insatiable appetite for feedback - a quality seen in top businesspeople.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Lawyers make rubbish businesspeople — or at least that's the conventional wisdom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Non-execs, however, are experienced businesspeople who can bring specific skills.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There was plenty of innovation on show from the businesspeople who took part.