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 Wilson played Dunder Mifflin salesman and assistant manager Dwight Schrute for the entirety of the show’s nine-season run. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025 On The Office, Wilson, 59, played intense Dunder Mifflin salesman Dwight Schrute. Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 Turns out that office is closed, but the filmmakers hear that Enervate is trying to revive Toledo’s newspaper by transferring in a salesman from its toilet paper division. Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 Need a dad to deal with a sexist car salesman? Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salesman
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Noun
  • Only in New York can a child raised in a tenement in Bushwick, who once worked as a squeegee boy and a mailroom clerk, rise to become mayor.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is Mozelle Carr, Skeet’s sister and the county clerk.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At an average salary of $37,000 a year, that works out to about $7,000 in cost savings per salesperson annually.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Recognizing When To Step Back Even so, a founder cannot remain the only salesperson forever.
    Muhammad Nabeel Shamim, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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