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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My Dad was the first salesman in Florida—the only Florida employee of Apple Computer.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Wilson played Dunder Mifflin salesman and assistant manager Dwight Schrute for the entirety of the show’s nine-season run, which concluded in 2013.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 June 2025
All the other teams turned up lookin’ like insurance salesmen, and Nigeria came out lookin’ like actual superheroes.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Wilson played Dunder Mifflin salesman and assistant manager Dwight Schrute for the entirety of the show’s nine-season run, which concluded in 2013.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 June 2025
All the other teams turned up lookin’ like insurance salesmen, and Nigeria came out lookin’ like actual superheroes.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
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 8 Jul. 2025.
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salesman
noun
sales·man
-mən 
: one who sells in a specific territory or in a store
salesmanship
noun
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