businesswoman
noun
busi·ness·wom·an
ˈbiz-nəs-ˌwu̇-mən 
-nəz-
: a woman who transacts business
especially
: one who is a business executive
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Like many musicians, she's found that she has to be a businesswoman as well as a performer.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
During a recent stop on her Matriarch book tour, the businesswoman and philanthropist, 71, reacted to a now-viral video of her seemingly reprimanding her granddaughter Rumi, 7½, onstage at her daughter Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 21 May 2025
How did business ownership shape your identity as a mother, and how did motherhood shape your identity as a businesswoman?
—Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Kenyan businesswoman Din is known as one for founding Africa’s most powerful and well respected PR firms, The Gina Din Group.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Businesswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/businesswoman. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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businesswoman
noun
busi·ness·wom·an
-ˌswu̇m-ən
: a woman in business especially as an owner or manager
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