salesman

[Sales·man]

A man salesperson

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One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

Noun
a man salesperson

n.
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

Salesman

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One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.

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Usage Examples

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

The good lawyer is the great salesman.