Noun: man of affairs
- A man engaged in commercial or industrial business
"The man of affairs closed several important deals during the conference";
- businessman
Derived forms: men of affairs
Type of: adult male, bourgeois, bozo [N. Amer, informal], businessperson, cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, sod [informal]