man
/mæn/ noun [C] HR, WORKPLACEDefinition
› a man who does a particular type of work: A man's coming to fix the photocopier later. Our man in Washington has this report on the election.an advertising/a marketing/an operations man They brought in a top sales and marketing man to help with the new product launch.
men in suits disapproving › men at the top of an organization who are interested in the financial performance of a company rather than in the creative or product side of the business: a stuffy boardroom filled with men in suits › office workers who are considered to be doing a boring job: The place was full of men in suits from an insurance company.
(Definition of man noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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