noun
pl. -·men· in Japan, a man who is a white-collar office worker, esp. an executive in a business organization
Origin of salaryman
from Japanese from eastern; English salary + mansalaryman
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salaryman
noun
A Japanese corporate businessman.
Origin of salaryman
Anglicization of Japanese sarariman salaried man English salary English manTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural salarymen)
- An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours and has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy. [from 18th c.]
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