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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His father, Charles, was a salesman for a company that sold fixtures to supermarkets, and his mother, Elsa, was a housewife who played the piano.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Many critics saw Trump's White House salesman turn as inappropriate.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Who goes into a car dealership and accepts the first offer from the salesman?
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Many critics saw Trump's White House salesman turn as inappropriate.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Who goes into a car dealership and accepts the first offer from the salesman?
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for salesman
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salesman. Accessed 2 Apr. 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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