marketeer

noun

mar·​ke·​teer ˌmär-kə-ˈtir How to pronounce marketeer (audio)
: a specialist in promoting or selling a product or service

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Beckham, a marketeer to her core and fully aware of the power of the family name, offered deeply personal stories to go with each fragrance. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025 Anyone with an email address dating back to 2004 can be certain it’s now listed in countless databases used daily by countless marketeers and scammers. — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026 In short, the toxic cloud of judgment that Borgli seeks to interrogate has settled around and polluted the reception to the movie itself, forming a kind of life-versus-art ouroboros that, in the eyes of the most cynical marketeers, might seem less a blow than an opportunity. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026 Original plans to bring the R5 Turbo to North America never came to fruition, but enterprising gray marketeers, such as Sun International, brought a handful to the continent when the cars were new. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marketeer

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of marketeer was in 1665

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“Marketeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketeer. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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