Thesaurus results for SALESMAN

salesman

noun

ˈsālz-mən

as in clerk

a person employed to sell goods or services especially in a store a furniture salesman followed us around the whole time we looked for a new couch

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Recent Examples of salesman But whether by happenstance or fate, a Kansas City cigar salesman warming himself in the store one day persuaded him that this was the place. —

Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 Retired salesman and Air Force veteran Bud Levell, 72, has spent most of his life repairing old radios, machines and anything with wires. —

Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Chiffon cake’s origin story is fascinating, starting with an insurance salesman who moved to Hollywood, and ending in classic capitalism (the inventor ultimately sold his formula to General Mills). —

Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026 Their father was a clock salesman who emigrated from Greece in the early 1900s. —

Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salesman

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Alex Murdaugh has filed a federal lawsuit against the now-former clerk of court whose interactions with the jury in his 2023 murder trial prompted the South Carolina Supreme Court last week to overturn his double murder convictions.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
The lawsuit alleges the clerk denied him his right to a fair trial.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 May 2026