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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesman
Noun
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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
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This is Mozelle Carr, Skeet’s sister and the county clerk.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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