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Plural of salesman

irregular plural

The plural of salesman is salesmen.

Forms of salesman

Singularsalesman
Pluralsalesmen
Countablecountable

Salesmen in a sentence

  • Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation...
  • He was courting big new accounts that previous salesmen had not attempted.From the entry court
  • I don't appreciate salesmen who make promises and then fail to follow through.From the entry follow through
  • I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.From the entry by oneself
  • I hate when multi-level marketing salesmen cold approach me in coffee shops.From the entry cold approach

Meaning of salesman

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

Full definition of salesman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of salesman

What is the plural of salesman?
The plural of salesman is salesmen.
Is salesman countable?
Salesman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: salesman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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