plural salesmen
: a person (especially a man) whose job is to sell a product or service in a given territory, in a store, or by telephone compare salesperson, saleswoman
Examples of salesman in a Sentence
He was the company's best salesman last year.
a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
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If Altman is the AI boom’s great salesman and Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind and a Nobel laureate, its scientist, then Amodei is the closest the industry has to a philosopher.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Adam Barnett, a polished Miami penny-stock salesman with a penchant for beautiful women and expensive sneakers, spent weeks on trial accused of paying a fellow inmate to arrange the murder of a key witness and his ex-defense lawyer.
—Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The most famous person on the wall was Billy Walters, a former car salesman whose highly secretive tactics netted him hundreds of millions of dollars, making him, by some accounts, the most successful bettor in sports history.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Kortz spent much of his career working as a cattle salesman.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Adam Barnett, a polished Miami penny-stock salesman with a penchant for beautiful women and expensive sneakers, spent weeks on trial accused of paying a fellow inmate to arrange the murder of a key witness and his ex-defense lawyer.
—Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The most famous person on the wall was Billy Walters, a former car salesman whose highly secretive tactics netted him hundreds of millions of dollars, making him, by some accounts, the most successful bettor in sports history.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Kortz spent much of his career working as a cattle salesman.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesman. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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salesman
noun
sales·man
-mən 
: one who sells in a specific territory or in a store
salesmanship
noun
-ˌship
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