#businessperson__bourgeois__bourgeoi engages in industrial commercial enterprise
supertype: #capitalist a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
subtype: #accountant__comptroller__controller someone who maintains and audits business accounts
subtype: #auditor someone who audits accounts
subtype: #bookkeeper someone who records the transactions of a business
subtype: #certified_public_accountant__CPA an accountant certified by the state
subtype: #chartered_accountant__charteredaccountant a British accountant who is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
subtype: #cost_accountant a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
subtype: #account_executive__accountexecutive__account_representative__accountrepresentative__registered_representative__customer's_broker__customer's_man someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
subtype: #broker__agent__factor a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
subtype: #auctioneer an agent who conducts an auction
subtype: #insurance_broker__insurancebroker__insurance_agent__insuranceagent__general_agent__generalagent an agent who sells insurance
subtype: #investment_banker__underwriter a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
subtype: #killer_bee an investment banker who devises strategies to make a target company less attractive for takeover
subtype: #realtor__real_estate_broker__real_estate_agent__estate_agent__land_agent__house_agent__houseagent a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent"
subtype: #ship_broker an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
subtype: #stockbroker an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds
subtype: #syndic one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
subtype: #travel_agent someone who sells or arranges trips or tours for customers
subtype: #businessman__man_of_affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
subtype: #arbitrageur__arbitrager__arb someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
subtype: #baron__big_businessman__bigbusinessman__business_leader__king__magnate__mogul__power__top_executive__topexecutive__tycoon a very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron"
subtype: #oil_tycoon__oiltycoon a powerful person in the oil business
subtype: #businesswoman a female businessman
subtype: #brothel_keeper__brothelkeeper__madam a woman who runs a house of prostitution
subtype: #industrialist someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
instance: #Andrew_Carnegie__Carnegie #Peter_Cooper__Cooper #Glenn_Hammond_Curtiss__Curtiss__Glenn_Curtiss #Gottlieb_Daimler__Daimler #John_Deere__Deere #George_Eastman__Eastman #Henry_Ford__Ford #Edsel_Bryant_Ford__Ford #Henry_Ford_II__Ford #Henry_Clay_Frick__Frick #Gillette__King_Camp_Gilette #Meyer_Guggenheim__Guggenheim #Henry_John_Heinz__Heinz #William_Henry_Hoover__Hoover__William_Hoover #Howard_Robard_Hughes__Hughes__Howard_Hughes #Friedrich_Krupp__Krupp #Edwin_Herbert_Land__Land__Din_Land #First_Viscount_Nuffield__Nuffield__William_Richard_Morris #Wilhelm_von_Opel__Opel #Elisha_Graves_Otis__Otis #Robert_Owen__Owen #Sri_Frederick_Handley_Page__Page #John_Davison_Rockefeller__Rockefeller__John_D._Rockefeller #Igor_Ivanovich_Sikorsky__Sikorsky__Igor_Sikorsky #Ernest_Solvay__Solvay
subtype: #oilman.businessman a person who owns or operates oil wells
subtype: #wildcatter an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
subtype: #operator.businessman someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
subtype: #supermarketer an operator of a supermarket
subtype: #proprietor__owner someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
subtype: #bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
subtype: #lessor__lease_giver__leasegiver someone who grants a lease
subtype: #letter.proprietor owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
subtype: #patronne__patron (Italian) the proprietor of an inn
subtype: #innkeeper__host the owner or manager of an inn
subtype: #hostess a woman innkeeper
subtype: #padrone.innkeeper an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
subtype: #victualer__victualler an innkeeper (especially British)
subtype: #proprietress a woman proprietor
subtype: #newspaper_publisher__newspaperpublisher__publisher the proprietor of a newspaper
subtype: #press_lord__presslord a powerful newspaper proprietor
instance: #1st_Baron_Beaverbrook__Beaverbrook__William_Maxwell_Aitken #Alfred_Charles_William_Harmsworth__Harmsworth__Viscount_Northcliffe #Benjamin_Harris__Harris #William_Randolph_Hearst__Hearst #Joseph_Pulitzer__Pulitzer #James_Edmund_Scripps__Scripps #Edward_Wyllis_Scripps__Scripps
subtype: #renter an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another
subtype: #restaurateur__restauranter the proprietor of a restaurant
subtype: #saloon_keeper the proprietor of a saloon
subtype: #small_businessman__smallbusinessman a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
subtype: #concessionaire__concessioner someone who holds or operates a concession
subtype: #syndicator a businessman who forms a syndicate
subtype: #transactor someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations
instance: #Ezra_Cornell__Cornell #Edward_Henry_Harriman__Harriman__E._H._Harriman #James_Jerome_Hill__Hill__J._J._Hill #Collis_Potter_Huntington__Huntington #First_Baron_Marks_of_Broughton__Marks__Simon_Marks #David_Sarnoff__Sarnoff #Leland_Stanford__Stanford #George_Stephenson__Stephenson #Henry_Villard__Villard #John_Wanamaker__Wanamaker #Asron_Montgomery_Ward__Ward__Montgomery_Ward #Frank_Winfield_Woolworth__Woolworth #Rudolf_Wurlitzer__Wurlitzer
subtype: #entrepreneur__enterpriser someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
instance: #William_Henry_Gates__Gates__Bill_Gates #Sir_Clive_Marles_Sinclair__Sinclair__Clive_Sinclair
subtype: #exporter a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
subtype: #importer someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
subtype: #merchant__merchandiser a businessperson engaged in retail trade
subtype: #baker someone who bakes commercially
subtype: #bookdealer__book_seller a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books
subtype: #meatman__butcher a retailer of meat
subtype: #pork_butcher (British) a vendor of pork and products made from pork
subtype: #clothier__haberdasher a merchant who sells men's clothing
subtype: #fishmonger__fishwife someone who sells fish
subtype: #grain_merchant__grainmerchant a merchant who deals in food grains
subtype: #grocer a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
subtype: #greengrocer (British) a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables
subtype: #ironmonger__hardwareman someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"
subtype: #jeweler__jeweller someone in the business of selling jewelry
subtype: #milliner a merchant who designs and sells hats
subtype: #poultryman__poulterer a dealer in poultry and poultry products
subtype: #retailer__retail_merchant a merchant who sells goods at retail
subtype: #chandler.retailer a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
subtype: #ship's_chandler a dealer in sails and ropes and other supplies for sailing ships
subtype: #licensee__licencee someone to who a license is granted
subtype: #rug_merchant__rugmerchant a merchant who sells rugs
subtype: #salt_merchant__salter someone who makes or deals in salt
subtype: #schlockmeister__shlockmeister (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
subtype: #seller__marketer__vender__vendor__trafficker someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
subtype: #ticket_agent__booking_clerk someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
subtype: #cosmetician someone who sells or applies cosmetics
subtype: #flower_girl.seller__flowergirl a woman who sells flowers in the street
subtype: #fruiterer (British) a person who sells fruit
subtype: #cheap-jack__cheapjack__huckster a seller of shoddy goods
subtype: #costermonger__barrow-man__barrow-boy a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow
subtype: #pedlar__peddler__packman__hawker__pitchman someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
subtype: #chapman archaic term for an itinerant peddler
subtype: #muffin_man (British) formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
subtype: #sandboy (British) a peddler of sand at a seashore resort; used now only to express great happiness in the expression "happy as a sandboy"
subtype: #selling_agent__sellingagent someone who sells goods (on commission) for others
subtype: #trafficker__dealer a seller of illicit goods; "a trafficker in stolen cars"
subtype: #drug_peddler__pusher__peddler__drug_dealer__drug_trafficker an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
subtype: #underseller a seller that sells at a lower price than others do; "he went all over town looking for undersellers"
subtype: #shopkeeper__tradesman__storekeeper__market_keeper a merchant who owns or manages a shop
subtype: #dry_cleaner__drycleaner__cleaner the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
subtype: #florist someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
subtype: #hosier a tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear)
subtype: #newsagent__newsdealer__newsvendor__newsstand_operator__newsstandoperator someone who sells newspapers
subtype: #tobacconist a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
subtype: #stationer__stationeryseller a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
subtype: #trader__bargainer__dealer__monger someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
subtype: #art_dealer__artdealer a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
subtype: #print_seller__printseller someone who sells etchings and engravings etc.
subtype: #barterer a trader who exchanges goods and not money
subtype: #bibliopole__bibliopolist a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
subtype: #cutler a dealer in cutlery
subtype: #draper a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
subtype: #linendraper (British) a retail dealer in yard goods
subtype: #fence (informal) a dealer in stolen property
subtype: #horse_trader__horsetrader a hard bargainer
subtype: #mercer (British) a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
subtype: #seedsman__seedman a dealer in seeds
subtype: #slopseller (British) a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing
subtype: #stamp_dealer__stampdealer a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
subtype: #stock_trader__stocktrader someone who buys and sells stock shares
subtype: #profit_taker someone who sells stock shares at a profit
subtype: #stockjobber (British) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers
subtype: #merchant-venturer__venturer a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
subtype: #vintner__wine_merchant someone who sells wine
instance: #Charles_Henry_Harrod__Harrod #Charles_Digby_Harrod__Harrod
subtype: #shipper.businessperson someone who ships goods
subtype: #consigner__consignor the person who delivers over or commits merchandise
subtype: #supplier__provider someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
subtype: #black_marketeer__blackmarketeer someone who engages illegally in trade in scarce or controlled commodities
subtype: #caterer someone who provides food and service (as for a party)
subtype: #connection.supplier a supplier (especially of narcotics)
subtype: #dispenser.supplier a person who dispenses
subtype: #distributor__distributer someone who markets merchandise
subtype: #jobber__middleman__wholesaler someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
subtype: #meat_packer__packer a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
instance: #Gustavus_Franklin_Swift__Swift
subtype: #ship_chandler a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
subtype: #wool_stapler a dealer in wool
subtype: #purveyor someone who supplies provisions (especially food)
subtype: #recruiter.supplier someone who supplies members or employees
subtype: #headhunter (informal) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
subtype: #talent_scout__scout someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
subtype: #stockist one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods
subtype: #sutler__victualer__victualler__provisioner a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
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