plural salesmen
: a person (especially a man) whose job is to sell a product or service in a given territory, in a store, or by telephone compare salesperson, saleswoman
Examples of salesman in a Sentence
He was the company's best salesman last year.
a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
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The Boston Globe reported on a patrol boat crew that consisted of a newspaper photographer, an artist, a salesman, a garage mechanic and a butler.
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David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Jung-bae barely registers in season one, however, as an increasingly desperate Gi-hun takes an enigmatic salesman (Gong Yoo) up on an offer to earn real money playing in the Squid Game, leaving his world behind.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Martin’s confrontation with a marshmallow salesman — the one that would result in his firing by George Steinbrenner and subsequent hiring by the A’s — had not yet occurred.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
In January 2000, I was hired there as a shoe salesman — my first job out of college at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
—Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Jung-bae barely registers in season one, however, as an increasingly desperate Gi-hun takes an enigmatic salesman (Gong Yoo) up on an offer to earn real money playing in the Squid Game, leaving his world behind.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Martin’s confrontation with a marshmallow salesman — the one that would result in his firing by George Steinbrenner and subsequent hiring by the A’s — had not yet occurred.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
In January 2000, I was hired there as a shoe salesman — my first job out of college at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
—Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesman. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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salesman
noun
sales·man
-mən 
: one who sells in a specific territory or in a store
salesmanship
noun
-ˌship
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