saleswoman

noun

sales·​wom·​an ˈsālz-ˌwu̇-mən How to pronounce saleswoman (audio)
plural saleswomen
: a woman whose job is to sell a product or service in a given territory, in a store, or by telephone compare salesman, salesperson

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Camille, Lisa and Irene all fawn over the chair while the saleswoman Sarah (Madison McKinley) looks on with annoyance. Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025 Mercy, the machete-wielding car saleswoman with a Colombian connection. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters. Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 His mother, Georgine, was a saleswoman and store manager at the Julius Meinl coffee company in Trieste, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for saleswoman 

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of saleswoman was in 1704

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saleswoman

noun
sales·​wom·​an ˈsā(ə)lz-ˌwu̇m-ən How to pronounce saleswoman (audio)
: a woman employed to sell goods especially in a store

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