Definition of salespersonnext
as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom

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Recent Examples of salesperson If your salesperson went from eight proposals a quarter to 16, with the same or better win rate and half the senior staff time, that's a result every other function leader will pay attention to. Mark Orttung, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Lowe’s tends to be less pushy than some of its competitors – My salesperson explained that windows aren’t Lowe’s main source of revenue, so there is less pressure from corporate to close a sale (as compared to other window replacement companies). Jason Rueger, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Madruga held a real estate salesperson license from 2006 to 2018 associated with an address in Fair Oaks, according to state Department of Real Estate records. Michael McGough July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 To be sized for a bra can be an anxiety-inducing experience for anyone, let alone a trans adult unwilling to solicit a salesperson’s help. Nicky Josephine, Vogue, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesperson
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Noun
  • At the time, Stevens was working as a car insurance salesman in New Jersey.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Telling Stories with Maps), a journalist, a ceramist, and a hot-chocolate salesman.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Hersey — reporting on a clerk, a tailor’s widow, two doctors, a priest, and a pastor — gave US readers their first sense of what the new superweapon did to human bodies.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His military occupational specialty was warehouse clerk, and his final assignment was with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesperson. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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