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
President-elect Donald Trump is if nothing not a salesman, managing to sell his brand of politics not only to voters on the ballot but also to his most ardent supporters through a web of merchandise, trinkets and knick-knacks.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
His mother was a homemaker who suffered from mental illness; his father was a furniture salesman for Montgomery Ward.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
And not where some scavenging sidewalk salesman can get them back into circulation.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Brown isn’t your average middle-aged insurance salesman wandering into a high-octane fantasy camp.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
His mother was a homemaker who suffered from mental illness; his father was a furniture salesman for Montgomery Ward.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
And not where some scavenging sidewalk salesman can get them back into circulation.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
Brown isn’t your average middle-aged insurance salesman wandering into a high-octane fantasy camp.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesman. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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