Definition of "salaryman" [salaryman]

• A Japanese corporate businessman. (noun)

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• "The term salaryman refers exclusively to males, and for females the term career woman is used."
• "Astonishingly, Mr. Kikuchi - whose thin and muscular build is at odds with his long career behind a desk as a corporate "salaryman"- held on for 14 hours, from 3 p.m. that day until dawn the morning after."
• "The trademark of the salaryman is his conservative dark suit, called a sebiro in Japanese, which probably came from the English word "civil" since they are civilian clothes, i.e. not a military uniform."