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
Ned, like the fellow former salesman at the center of that other show, is the kind of guy who leads with his heart and tries to do right by his people.
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The Paper is willing to mix and match other Office character traits and subplots, so that accountant Adam (Alex Edelman) and toilet paper salesman Travis (Eric Rahill) are both dumb enough to be Kevin.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
With no budget for reporting, Ned – a former champion toilet paper salesman who always wanted to work in the news business – asks his boss if the current employees can use some of their work hours to do original reporting.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly 60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash was turned away by a car salesman who refused to sell her a car without a man's signature.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The Paper is willing to mix and match other Office character traits and subplots, so that accountant Adam (Alex Edelman) and toilet paper salesman Travis (Eric Rahill) are both dumb enough to be Kevin.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
With no budget for reporting, Ned – a former champion toilet paper salesman who always wanted to work in the news business – asks his boss if the current employees can use some of their work hours to do original reporting.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly 60 years ago, Mary Kay Ash was turned away by a car salesman who refused to sell her a car without a man's signature.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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The attackers robbed what was then a clothing store and killed two clerks.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Finally, in December 2024, a robber pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in American Canyon, pulled a gun on the clerk and left with $58,624 from the safe, authorities said.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Catfish star, 40, is officially joining Coldwell Banker Warburg as a licensed real estate salesperson, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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That means more prospects moving from interest to revenue without a human salesperson in the loop.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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