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
The partners were Robert Ray Hammond, a boat builder; William Dickerson Gaston, a boat dealer; Robert Alan Shoop, a casket dealer; and Guy William Woodward, an adhesives salesman.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
Lou Junod was a charismatic war veteran with a Purple Heart, a travelling handbag salesman, and a husband who was married to the same woman for fifty-nine years.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
At the start of Bloodline, a former used car salesman, Winston Alcorn, has moved his wife, Mandy, and their two young sons from Lexington, Kentucky, to rural Lebanon, Tennessee.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
How the hostage crisis began Al Bodnar, a Good Guys salesman saw the hostage takers outside the store shortly before the incident began.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
Lou Junod was a charismatic war veteran with a Purple Heart, a travelling handbag salesman, and a husband who was married to the same woman for fifty-nine years.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
At the start of Bloodline, a former used car salesman, Winston Alcorn, has moved his wife, Mandy, and their two young sons from Lexington, Kentucky, to rural Lebanon, Tennessee.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
How the hostage crisis began Al Bodnar, a Good Guys salesman saw the hostage takers outside the store shortly before the incident began.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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The clerk then agreed not to exclude particular groups from the pool.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a letter to the clerk's office, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon requested election records, including all ballots, envelopes and receipts.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And just like Rue’s transformation into an AR-15 salesperson, so much of this early phase of Euphoria’s return feels completely airless.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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She was supposed to start paying herself in January, but then the number-one salesperson at a competitor approached her for a job.—
Madeline Bilis,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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