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detailmen

detailmen is the plural of detailman.

Meaning of detailman

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

Questions about detailmen

What is detailmen the plural of?
Detailmen is the plural of detailman.

Words near detailmen in the dictionary

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

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