salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən How to pronounce salesman (audio)
Definition of salesmannext
as in clerk
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch

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Recent Examples of salesman In a 1987 article for the New York Times, Albuquerque jewelry salesman Manny Goodman recalls seeing Native Americans wearing bandanas clasped with silver conches as early as the 1930s. — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026 After starting a family, David Winans worked various nonmusical jobs, including as a car salesman and barber, and Delores Winans was a typist and medical transcriptionist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026 Trant was 19 when her father, Daniel Trant, a Cantor Fitzgerald bond salesman, died on the 104 floor of the North Tower. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 Leavell, a retired salesman and Air Force veteran in Arlington, Texas, experienced the dramatic before-and-after result at UT Southwestern Medical Center. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
  1. clerk
  2. salesperson
Noun
  • His first job out of law school was as a judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, giving him a front-row seat to consequential decisions—and to people who could disagree fiercely without letting those disagreements become personal.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Senior clerk Cristaliz Portalatin posted a TikTok video of the visit that has since drawn more than 44,000 views.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of clerk
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  • Tear them apart and ask what onboarding a client, training a salesperson or launching a product should now mean.
    — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In less time than that, the salesperson came back with my three watches and just gave them to me.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of salesperson

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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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