salesman
salesman noun: a man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
Noun
salesman (plural salesmen)
- A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
- There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"'1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt
- 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: Hearings, page 2397
salesman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
salesman in Hindi
- man whose job it is to sell things
- विक्रेता vikretā, बेचनेवाला becnevālā
salesman in Tamil
- விற்பனையாளர், விற்பவர், விற்பவன்
salesman in Urdu
- man whose job it is to sell things
- سیلْز مَین
salesman in Bengali
- বিক্রেতা, বিক্রয়কর্মী
More languagesFewer languages
- salesman in Telugu
- సేల్స్ మాన్
- salesman in Malayalam
- വില്പനക്കാരൻ
- salesman in Kannada
- ಮಾರಾಟಗಾರ
- salesman in Punjabi
- ਸੇਲਜ਼ਮੈਨ
- salesman in Gujarati
- સેલ્સમેન
- salesman in Odia
- ସେଲ୍ସ୍ ମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍
- salesman in Pashto
- بايع bāyé', پلورونکی plorúnkay
- salesman in Arabic
- بَيَّاع bayyāʕ, بَيَّاعَة bayyāʕa
- salesman in Malay
- jurujual
- salesman in Thai
- พนักงานขาย pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai
- salesman in Vietnamese
- người bán hàng
- salesman in Myanmar
- ကုန်ရောင်းသူ kunraung:su, အရောင်းစာရေး a.raung:care:, ဈေးသည် jhe:sany
Examples of salesman in a sentence
- The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.
- He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
- The car salesman told me that the used Volvo was a nice little runner.
Forms of salesman
| plural | salesmen |
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Origin of salesman
From sales + -man.
Words formed from salesman
Phrases with salesman
Questions about salesman
- What does salesman mean?
- Salesman means a man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
- What is salesman in Hindi?
- Salesman in Hindi is विक्रेता (vikretā), बेचनेवाला (becnevālā). See Salesman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is salesman?
- Salesman is a noun.
- What is the plural of salesman?
- The plural of salesman is salesmen.
Words near salesman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: salesman (page history and authors); salesman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salesman (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salesman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); salesman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salesman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); salesman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); salesman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); salesman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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