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 two sides of Doug Cox Cox can be a charming salesman.
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Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
His father, David, was a salesman who, like many, had trouble finding work during the Depression.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The Mid-American Bible Company of Chicago let the brothers trail a quartet of salesmen during the winter of 1966-67.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
While the salesman continued to reach out, the OP finally responded to one of his Teams calls—while sitting in an infusion room at his wife's oncology appointment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
His father, David, was a salesman who, like many, had trouble finding work during the Depression.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The Mid-American Bible Company of Chicago let the brothers trail a quartet of salesmen during the winter of 1966-67.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
While the salesman continued to reach out, the OP finally responded to one of his Teams calls—while sitting in an infusion room at his wife's oncology appointment.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 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 Feb. 2025.
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salesman
noun
sales·man
-mən 
: one who sells in a specific territory or in a store
salesmanship
noun
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