Thesaurus results for SALESMAN

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən

Definition of 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 Lucas was considered a cherished friend, leader and salesman because of his authenticity. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Jessica Trant was 19 when her father, bond salesman Daniel Trant, died on the 104th floor of the North Tower. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 An electronics salesman in Mexico City watches news of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026 In it, Simpson pulled pranks on strangers dressed as a Ford Bronco salesman, a durag-wearing rapper, a pizza delivery man, an Elvis Presley impersonator and an elderly, white man. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesman

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An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both.

— Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his convictions earlier this year, ruling that a court clerk influenced jurors during his trial.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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To try that one, the salesperson first had to turn down the covers for us like a mother with her children or a housekeeper in a fancy hotel.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
At one unsuitable Gramercy apartment, Taylor encountered Cam Armand, a salesperson on the Kota team at Compass, and the Folwells enlisted his help.

— Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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