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
Shoe salesman Marty Mauser (best actor nominee Timothée Chalamet) will do anything to be a ping-pong champion.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
One day a vacuum salesman came to my door.
—Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Rick Dial, who played a small-town radio reporter in the film, was actually a local furniture salesman.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Ortega also held the car door shut to keep the salesman trapped inside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
One day a vacuum salesman came to my door.
—Dan Hyman, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Rick Dial, who played a small-town radio reporter in the film, was actually a local furniture salesman.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
Ortega also held the car door shut to keep the salesman trapped inside.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for salesman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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The computer rendered the data entry clerk, the switchboard operator, and file clerks obsolete.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mackinac Island's tourist season is mainly from May through October, and the island needs about 5,000 seasonal workers each year to work as baristas, front desk attendants, wait staff, retail clerks and housekeepers.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Public records link the Florida property searched by agents to Debra Kerr, an education technology salesperson whose clients included AllHere.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The more surface area a brand gains in search, the more its language becomes a product in itself, experienced at the edge of the funnel by people who have never seen an ad or spoken to a salesperson.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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