Thesaurus results for SALESMAN

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən

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 Retired salesman and Air Force veteran Bud Levell, 72, has spent most of his life repairing old radios, machines and anything with wires. —

Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Chiffon cake’s origin story is fascinating, starting with an insurance salesman who moved to Hollywood, and ending in classic capitalism (the inventor ultimately sold his formula to General Mills). —

Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026 Their father was a clock salesman who emigrated from Greece in the early 1900s. —

Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026 The partners were Robert Ray Hammond, a boat builder; William Dickerson Gaston, a boat dealer; Robert Alan Shoop, a casket dealer; and Guy William Woodward, an adhesives salesman. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesman

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The judges face a ticking clock as local election clerks prepare to finalize ballots for the August primaries by May 26 and decisions in the three cases are likely to come quickly.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
Khatri approached the undercover officer who had just presented the store’s clerk with a fake $1,000 winning ticket, court records show.

— Jack Jankowski, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026