as in salesman
a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store
we asked the salesperson to see if there were any shoes in our size in the stockroom
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Recent Examples of salesperson
That’s the old-fashioned snake-oil salesperson, who, in a modern context, might claim that seed oils are bad for you (it’s been widely debunked) just to sell you, say, olive oil.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2025
Alexandra Carter, a licensed real estate salesperson with the Corcoran Group in Manhattan, told Fortune that the reaction to Mamdani’s surprise primary win has been unlike anything witnessed in recent memory.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
At an average salary of $37,000 a year, that works out to about $7,000 in cost savings per salesperson annually.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The position with the most job openings in July in San Diego County was retail salespersons, with 1,648 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2025
Alexandra Carter, a licensed real estate salesperson with the Corcoran Group in Manhattan, told Fortune that the reaction to Mamdani’s surprise primary win has been unlike anything witnessed in recent memory.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
At an average salary of $37,000 a year, that works out to about $7,000 in cost savings per salesperson annually.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The position with the most job openings in July in San Diego County was retail salespersons, with 1,648 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salesperson
Noun
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Her mother was an actress; her father, a cotton salesman, served in both World Wars.—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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The show, set in Chicago, starred O’Neill as women’s shoe salesman Al Bundy, Sagal as his wife Peggy, Applegate as not-so-bright daughter Kelly and Faustino as troublemaker son Bud.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Davis asks her clerk to print out a map.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Law clerk Jason Treul, 32, of Anaheim, California, was sent home.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Salesperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salesperson. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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