salesman

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 It’s been more than 40 years since Mamet’s crop of caustic salesmen first hit the Broadway stage, becoming both a darling among critics and, seemingly, the dream production of every middle-aged male actor. Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025 The other, also from Venezuela, is a onetime shoe salesman and social media influencer who documented his journey from South America on TikTok. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025 As a gullible buyer starts to get nervous, the manager accidentally reveals that the salesman has been lying, torpedoing thousands of dollars in commission. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025 His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family. Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salesman
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Noun
  • Maggie Perkins left her teaching job to work as a clerk at Costco, and she’s never looked back 1 Comments Maggie Perkins left her teaching job to work at Costco in 2022, Perkins shares her journey and life on TikTok, where she's grown a following.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Colorado is fighting Trump administration pressure to help a county election clerk convicted of allowing Trump supporters to access election equipment after his 2020 defeat.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • She's been a race director, a recruiter for Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a salesperson for a major pharmaceutical company, a blogger for Moogfest, a communications manager for Mission Health, a fitness instructor, and a health coach.
    Angela D. Harper, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For instance, if an applicant mentions experience as a salesperson for an office stationery company, don’t settle for vague answers.
    Ivan Terzi, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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