English

Noun

businesspeople

1. plural form of businessperson.

   The politically correct "businesspeople" has replaced the old "businessmen".‎

   • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.