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
In May, Hendy had gone all the way to Pocatello, Idaho, and back, 649 miles each way, while making a series of stops to scrutinize the route and line up crack salesmen as guides.
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Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 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
Bargatze is Nate Wilcox, the top car salesman at his Toyota dealership in Nashville and a dedicated but slightly doofus-y family man.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Kumail Nanjiani weaponizes workplace desperation into vibrant tension as rival Toyota salesman Peyton, while Kate Berlant and Colin Jost elevate the surrounding community of neighborly archetypes through charisma alone.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
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Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 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
Bargatze is Nate Wilcox, the top car salesman at his Toyota dealership in Nashville and a dedicated but slightly doofus-y family man.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
Kumail Nanjiani weaponizes workplace desperation into vibrant tension as rival Toyota salesman Peyton, while Kate Berlant and Colin Jost elevate the surrounding community of neighborly archetypes through charisma alone.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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That belief is guiding the work of the clerk’s office.—
Monica Gordon,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Colorado's county clerks want voters to know that elections are administered by dedicated public servants who work every day to ensure ballots are handled securely, accurately, and transparently.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Noun
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To this day, some of our strongest retail partners still talk about Simon as their first salesperson and how much that really cemented them to the brand.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Tourists like Mario Álvarez Gamiño, a 67-year-old retired salesperson from Mexico, flock to Santos to see anything that connects the Brazilian port city to the man.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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