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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Key background Then-newlyweds Seamour and Gerte Shavin commissioned the house in 1949 and Seamour Shavin, a building materials salesman, helped to build the home.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The book, set in 1926 Harlem, follows a salesman who kills his young lover; Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature the year after it was published.
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Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
Pughsley, one of the last old-school American bookies, with a salesman’s knack for generating business and a website that was ahead of its time, was going down, and the people around him were, too.
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Keith O’Brien,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
His father made ends meet as an electrician and traveling tie salesman.
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Jennifer Frederick,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The book, set in 1926 Harlem, follows a salesman who kills his young lover; Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature the year after it was published.
—
Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
Pughsley, one of the last old-school American bookies, with a salesman’s knack for generating business and a website that was ahead of its time, was going down, and the people around him were, too.
—
Keith O’Brien,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
His father made ends meet as an electrician and traveling tie salesman.
—
Jennifer Frederick,
HollywoodReporter,
22 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for salesman
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesman. Accessed 4 Jul. 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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