: a person (especially a man) whose job is to sell a product or service in a given territory, in a store, or by telephone compare salesperson, saleswoman
He was the company's best salesman last year. a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch
Recent Examples on the WebAfter Pops Yankovic nearly beat a traveling accordion salesman to death, Al’s kindly mom (Julianne Nicholson) takes pity on her son and buys him the instrument. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2022 Baribeau’s father, a traveling shoe-product salesman, was a strict man who was eager for his two sons to succeed, recalled one cousin who still lives in Canada.BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Fennix, based on Lloyd’s personal story, is depicted in the TV show as a hard-working doctor who has his patients’ best interests at heart, but who is eventually won over by a compelling Purdue Pharma salesman pushing OxyContin onto doctors.al, 30 Aug. 2022 Many people described Taylor to me as a good salesman, and a particular kind of salesmanship did seem to shape his version of events. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 But a salesman for the company confirmed that both of those products are still for sale, too. Nicholas Florko And Elissa Welle, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022 On the Democratic side, Blemur, a North Miami Dade Democratic Party official and entrepreneur, faced off against cell phone salesman J.R. Gaillot of Gainesville and DJ and cannabis advocate Ryan Morales of Clermont. Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 Nine years later, and the very together Alice is walking by a luxury auto dealership near her apartment where a very attractive salesman named Robert Hansen tries to strike up an acquaintance. John Anderson, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 His father, a silk salesman, died of pneumonia when Scully was 7. Peter Weber, The Week, 3 Aug. 2022 See More