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
Set primarily in Lower Manhattan in the 1950s, Marty Supreme follows Marty, at first a young and unibrowed shoe salesman, who will stop at nothing to pursue his dream of becoming a world-class table tennis player.
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Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Angelo lives two totally separate lives—fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Get out and become the salesman in chief for the Republican agenda.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
When Marty Supreme opens, Chalamet's Marty Mauser is working as a shoe salesman — a position Reisman really held for a few days, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
—Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
Angelo lives two totally separate lives—fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Get out and become the salesman in chief for the Republican agenda.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
When Marty Supreme opens, Chalamet's Marty Mauser is working as a shoe salesman — a position Reisman really held for a few days, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
—Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
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Lakeside's previous police chief, who also served as mayor, Robert Gordanaire, was fired after he and his daughter, the town clerk, were indicted by a grand jury for selling vehicles belonging to the town and pocketing the profit.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to prosecutors, Trammell flashed a knife at a store clerk in the Morena neighborhood and then held a homeless man hostage at knifepoint.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The position with the most job openings in December in San Diego County was retail salespersons with 1,333 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, a staggering 623,000 people claimed to be home health and personal assistants, making it by far the biggest occupation in the state, far outstripping retail salespersons, nurses or cashiers and waitresses.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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