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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Poland 🇵🇱 Goldwyn was a glove salesman before forming the first of several movie studios, including what would become MGM.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Still others, like Joey Bragg, who spent four teenage years starring opposite Dove Cameron on Disney’s Liv and Maddie, end up stuck in fame’s purgatory, underemployed in Hollywood but still recognizable enough to draw attention while, say, applying for a gig as a door-to-door solar salesman.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
The people who work during the day did not go home — secretaries, anybody, salesmen — just to be in Frank Sinatra's presence.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Check out those New England-style post caps, the fence salesman thought, that classic mortise-and-tenon construction.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 31 May 2026
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Still others, like Joey Bragg, who spent four teenage years starring opposite Dove Cameron on Disney’s Liv and Maddie, end up stuck in fame’s purgatory, underemployed in Hollywood but still recognizable enough to draw attention while, say, applying for a gig as a door-to-door solar salesman.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
The people who work during the day did not go home — secretaries, anybody, salesmen — just to be in Frank Sinatra's presence.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Check out those New England-style post caps, the fence salesman thought, that classic mortise-and-tenon construction.
—Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 31 May 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 19 Jun. 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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