as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store the salesclerk told us where to find the jewelry department

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Recent Examples of salesclerk One of her salesclerks, Kathy Finneran, arranged a blind date for Betsy with her cousin, Midshipman Oliver L. North who was completing his final year at the US Naval Academy. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024 Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women. Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 June 2023 During her teenage years, Mrs. Bell started her first job working as a salesclerk at Tommy Tucker’s Five and Dime Store on Pennsylvania Avenue, family members said. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2022 When his 19-year-old wife Margaret purchased a cigarette case at a Woolworth’s in Salt Lake City, a diligent salesclerk noticed that the serial number on a $5 bill matched one on a list circulated by the FBI. oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2021 Hochschild’s envious, inflexible salesclerk reappears in Goleman’s book, now adapted for his purposes. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021 The actors compensate to some extent for the drift, particularly Vance as the peaceable George and the formidable Wunmi Mosaku as Ruby, Leti’s no-nonsense sister, who aspires to a salesclerk’s job at Marshall Field. Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020 Bartenders were second, followed by drivers and salesclerks. Olivera Perkins, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020 Originally priced at $14,500, it had been reduced to $5,250 and was subject, a salesclerk told me, to a flash sale reduction of 75 percent. New York Times, 1 Oct. 2019
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Noun
  • Judge reprises his voice roles as propane salesman Hank Hill and fast-talking pal Boomhauer.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Years after working as a prominent car salesman known for making deals, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is attempting to sell lawmakers on one of the biggest pitches of his political career.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Court documents suggest Dugan was alerted to the agents' presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in the hallway.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 13 May 2025
  • The ‘Appellate Guru’: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro Founding partner of New York firm Shapiro Arato Bach, Shapiro began her legal career more than 30 years ago serving as one of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s first clerks.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 13 May 2025

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“Salesclerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesclerk. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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