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salesman

[ seylz-muhn ]

noun

, plural sales·men.
  1. a man who sells goods, services, etc.


salesman

/ ˈseɪlzmən /

noun

  1. Also calledfemsaleswomanfemsalesgirlfemsaleslady a person who sells merchandise or services either in a shop or by canvassing in a designated area Gender-neutral formsalesperson


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Gender Note

See -man.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of salesman1

First recorded in 1515–25; sales + -man

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Example Sentences

The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.

I wonder if the seasoned salesman can spot the billionaires on sight.

In the same interview, he told an anecdote about what it means to be a good salesman.

Except George Spahn had no such dream, nor was he a Midwestern Model T salesman.

You also starred in Death of a Salesman on Broadway with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

To be sure, the little salesman could not see up to the level of the cage floor, but his sales talk never ceased.

I tried several positions and am now a traveling salesman for a large carpet house.

He got out and went in and came out, the big rocking-horse in the arms of the salesman who followed him.

He worked for twenty years without a book-keeper, clerk, salesman, or agent.

The sin of “over-capitalization” differed in magnitude only, not in kind, from the daily practice of every salesman in every shop.

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