Definitions for salesman
ˈseɪlz mənsales·man

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. salesmannoun

   a man salesperson

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. salesmannoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Salesmannoun

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

2. Etymology: [Sale + man.]

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1. Salesman

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

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. • Salesperson

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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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. Arthur Miller:

   Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

2. 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.

3. Ray Peters:

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

4. Woody Allen:

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

5. Jessica Harris:

   The salesman kept addressing only my husband, even though I was the one asking the questions and had made it clear from the start that it was me buying a car with my own money for me to drive.

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