What does salesman mean?

Definitions for salesman
ˈseɪlz mənsales·man

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word salesman.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. salesmannoun

    a man salesperson

Wiktionary

  1. salesmannoun

    A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Salesmannoun

    One who sells cloaths ready made.

    Etymology: sale and man.

    Poets make characters, as salesmen cloaths;
    We take no measure of your fops and beaus. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. salesman

    A salesman is a person who sells products, goods or services either in a retail setting or directly to businesses or consumers. Their primary role is to persuade potential customers to purchase items or services, often providing information about features, benefits and potential uses. Salesmen can work in various industries and their methods of sales can vary from face-to-face interactions, over the phone, online or door-to-door.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Salesmannoun

    one who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise

  2. Etymology: [Sale + man.]

Wikidata

  1. Salesman

    Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SALESMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Salesman is ranked #111988 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Salesman surname appeared 157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Salesman.

    61.7% or 97 total occurrences were White.
    35.6% or 56 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salesman in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salesman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of salesman in a Sentence

  1. Woody Allen:

    There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman

  2. Ray Peters:

    Everyone is reporting up, every store, every salesman, every distributor, people are more aware of the need to protect themselves.

  3. Joel Payne:

    If there is one thing Donald Trump can do well, it's label and isolate a message that is memorable. He's a salesman, he's trying to create this corruption, D.C. insider storyline about Biden.

  4. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse:

    This guy is a salesman.

  5. Governor Cuomo:

    Mr. Trump, I've known you for 30 years, you may be a slick salesman who fooled many people in this country. But you didn't fool me.

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