Meanings
nounsalesman (plural salesmen)
plural salesmen
- A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
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 23971 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishsales
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishsalesman
Translations
Arabic بَيَّاع, بَيَّاعَة
- بَيَّاع (bayyāʕ)man whose job it is to sell things
- بَيَّاعَة (bayyāʕa)man whose job it is to sell things
Bulgarian продава́ч
- продава́ч (prodaváč)man whose job it is to sell things
Catalan venedor
- venedorman whose job it is to sell things
Chinese Mandarin 售貨員 /售货员, 推銷員 /推销员
- 售貨員 /售货员 (shòuhuòyuán)man whose job it is to sell things
- 推銷員 /推销员 (tuīxiāoyuán)man whose job it is to sell things
Czech prodavač
- prodavačman whose job it is to sell things
Danish sælger
- sælgerman whose job it is to sell things
Dutch verkoper
- verkoperman whose job it is to sell things
Esperanto vendisto
- vendistoman whose job it is to sell things
Estonian müüja
- müüjaman whose job it is to sell things
Finnish myyjä, myyntimies
- myyjäman whose job it is to sell things
- myyntimiesman whose job it is to sell things
French vendeur
- vendeurman whose job it is to sell things
German Verkäufer
- Verkäuferman whose job it is to sell things
Greek πωλητής
- πωλητής (politís)man whose job it is to sell things
Hebrew מוֹכֵר, מוֹכֶרֶת
- מוֹכֵר (mokhér)man whose job it is to sell things
- מוֹכֶרֶתman whose job it is to sell things
Hindi विक्रेता, बेचनेवाला
- विक्रेता (vikretā)man whose job it is to sell things
- बेचनेवाला (becnevālā)man whose job it is to sell things
Hungarian eladó
- eladóman whose job it is to sell things
Icelandic sölumaður
- sölumaðurman whose job it is to sell things
Italian venditore
- venditoreman whose job it is to sell things
Japanese 店員, セールスマン
- 店員 (ten'in)man whose job it is to sell things
- セールスマン (sērusuman)man whose job it is to sell things
- 販売員 (hanbaiin)man whose job it is to sell things
- 売り手 (urite)man whose job it is to sell things
Korean 판매원, 점원
- 판매원 (panmaewon)man whose job it is to sell things
- 점원 (jeomwon)man whose job it is to sell things
Latin institor
- institorman whose job it is to sell things
Latvian pārdevējs
- pārdevējsman whose job it is to sell things
Lithuanian pardavėjas
- pardavėjasman whose job it is to sell things
Malay jurujual
- jurujualman whose job it is to sell things
Norwegian Bokmål selger
- selgerman whose job it is to sell things
Polish sprzedawca, handlarz
- sprzedawcaman whose job it is to sell things
- handlarzman whose job it is to sell things
- akwizytorman whose job it is to sell things
Portuguese vendedor
- vendedorman whose job it is to sell things
Romanian vânzător
- vânzătorman whose job it is to sell things
Russian продаве́ц, торго́вец
- продаве́ц (prodavéc)man whose job it is to sell things
- торго́вец (torgóvec)man whose job it is to sell things
Scottish Gaelic fear-reic, reiceadair
- fear-reicman whose job it is to sell things
- reiceadairman whose job it is to sell things
- ceannaicheman whose job it is to sell things
Slovak predavač
- predavačman whose job it is to sell things
Spanish vendedor
- vendedorman whose job it is to sell things
Swedish försäljare, köpman
- försäljareman whose job it is to sell things
- köpmanman whose job it is to sell things
- handlareman whose job it is to sell things
Thai พนักงานขาย
- พนักงานขาย (pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai)man whose job it is to sell things
Turkish satıcı
- satıcıman whose job it is to sell things
Ukrainian продаве́ць, торго́вець
- продаве́ць (prodavécʹ)man whose job it is to sell things
- торго́вець (torhóvecʹ)man whose job it is to sell things
Urdu سیلْز مَین
- سیلْز مَینman whose job it is to sell things
Vietnamese người bán hàng
- người bán hàngman whose job it is to sell things
Yiddish פֿאַרקויפֿער
- פֿאַרקויפֿער (farkoyfer)man whose job it is to sell things
Cite this entry
APA
salesman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesman
MLA
“salesman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salesman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salesman.
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