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detailman

detailman noun: a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.

Noun

detailman (plural detailmen)

  1. A sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.
    • Nearly every pharmaceutical house has its own brands, sold in tablets, solutions or brightly-colored capsules, on which its “detail men” keep doctors informed. Probably the most popular successors to Veronal are Seconal (“red birds” to the bootleg trade) and Nembutal (“yellow jackets”).1952 October 13, Richard L. Williams, “‘To sleep: perchance…’”, in Life, volume 33, number 15, page 110
    • It is remarkable that any physician has time to see detailmen (pharmaceutical company sales representatives).1989, P. Reed Maurer, Competing in Japan, page 34

Forms of detailman

pluraldetailmen

Origin of detailman

From detail + -man.

Questions about detailman

What does detailman mean?
Detailman means a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.
What part of speech is detailman?
Detailman is a noun.
What is the plural of detailman?
The plural of detailman is detailmen.

Words near detailman in the dictionary

  1. detailist
  2. detailists
  3. detailless
  4. detaillessness
  5. detailly
  6. detailman
  7. detailmen
  8. details
  9. detain
  10. detainable
  11. detainder

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