floorwalker

noun

Definition of floorwalkernext
as in salesman

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Recent Examples of floorwalker Trial attorney Ed Williams, the only child of a department store floorwalker in Hartford, attended HC on a financial need scholarship and graduated in 1941. — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floorwalker
  1. salesman
  2. salesclerk
  3. salesperson
  4. clerk
  5. shopgirl
  6. salesgirl
  7. saleslady
  8. saleswoman
Noun
  • One salesman paid an American woman working at another store in the mall $10,000 to marry him.
    — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Then, in 1851, an American lock salesman, Alfred Charles Hobbs, who worked for the lockmakers Day & Newell, managed to pick it.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of salesman
Noun
  • The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 June 2023
Definition of salesclerk
Noun
  • To try that one, the salesperson first had to turn down the covers for us like a mother with her children or a housekeeper in a fancy hotel.
    — Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • At one unsuitable Gramercy apartment, Taylor encountered Cam Armand, a salesperson on the Kota team at Compass, and the Folwells enlisted his help.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of salesperson
Noun
  • An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both.
    — Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his convictions earlier this year, ruling that a court clerk influenced jurors during his trial.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of clerk
Noun
  • Her tragicomic shopgirl of skid row belted her way into audiences’ hearts off-Broadway in 1982, and then in Frank Oz’s 1986 film opposite Rick Moranis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of shopgirl
Noun
  • After the purchase, the salesgirl wished Carolyn good luck.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Against this backdrop, the unhappy Angine shops compulsively in a department store and develops a fascination with a playful salesgirl.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of salesgirl
Noun
  • The saleslady wears a glitter cloth mask, long glitter fingernails and a blond dye job that’s tinted her scalp.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The saleslady senses his unease and gravitates toward my daughter.
    — Melissa Petro, Time, 3 Nov. 2022
Definition of saleslady
Noun
  • In the career department, there’s a chef and a car saleswoman, along with several teachers, tech recruiters and fitness instructors.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … BACKFIRE POLITICS – Kamala Harris accidentally becomes the SAVE America Act's best saleswoman.
    — , FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of saleswoman

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“Floorwalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floorwalker. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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