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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As a gullible buyer starts to get nervous, the manager accidentally reveals that the salesman has been lying, torpedoing thousands of dollars in commission.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
And this is a paradox that Putin has been the best salesman of the NATO enlargement and also the enlargement processes of the European Union.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
An all-female replacement cast is being considered for the newest Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning work about four Chicago real estate salesmen competing to make the most sales or lose their jobs.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.
—Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
And this is a paradox that Putin has been the best salesman of the NATO enlargement and also the enlargement processes of the European Union.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
An all-female replacement cast is being considered for the newest Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning work about four Chicago real estate salesmen competing to make the most sales or lose their jobs.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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salesman
noun
sales·man
-mən 
: one who sells in a specific territory or in a store
salesmanship
noun
-ˌship
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