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
Their father was a clock salesman who emigrated from Greece in the early 1900s.
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Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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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Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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
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Many departments, including code enforcement, registrar, the clerk's office, health, tax and finance and assessor's office, are closed due to a power outage.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The convictions included 50 lawyers, as well as court clerks, police officers and sheriff’s deputies.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Emergent is trying to bring those ideas to the founder in Bangalore, the salesperson in Austin, the consultant in Berlin.—
Mukund Jha,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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An Iranian salesperson sits beside a portrait of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his fruit shop in the Shahid Boroujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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