Meanings
plural saleswomen
- A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.
The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.
1911, Harper's Magazine1 more example
We stop walking a second and look around at the spectacle before us. There's something Felliniesque about a department store cosmetics section. You stand here on a Saturday morning, dressed in the standard mall-casual suburban wardrobe, gazing at a chamber glittering with chandeliers, populated by saleswomen wearing makeup and hair dramatic enough for opening night at La Scala.
2004, Paco Underhill, Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna woman salesperson
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsales
- Proto-Germanic*wībą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīb
- Old Englishwīf
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Old Englishwīfmann
- Middle Englishwoman
- Englishsaleswoman
Translations
Arabic بَيَّاعَة
- بَيَّاعَة (bayyāʕa)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Bulgarian продава́чка
- продава́чка (prodaváčka)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Czech prodavačka
- prodavačkawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Finnish myyjä
- myyjäwoman whose occupation is to sell things
French vendeuse
- vendeusewoman whose occupation is to sell things
German Verkäuferin
- Verkäuferinwoman whose occupation is to sell things
Greek πωλήτρια
- πωλήτρια (polítria)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Hungarian elárusítónő, eladónő
- elárusítónőwoman whose occupation is to sell things
- eladónőwoman whose occupation is to sell things
Irish bean díolacháin, bean siopa
- bean díolacháinwoman whose occupation is to sell things
- bean siopawoman whose occupation is to sell things
- cailín siopawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Italian venditora
- venditorawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Latvian pārdevēja
- pārdevējawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Lithuanian pardavėja
- pardavėjawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Polish sprzedawczyni, handlarka
- sprzedawczyniwoman whose occupation is to sell things
- handlarkawoman whose occupation is to sell things
- akwizytorkawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Portuguese vendedora
- vendedorawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Romanian vânzătoare
- vânzătoarewoman whose occupation is to sell things
Russian продавщи́ца
- продавщи́ца (prodavščíca)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Scottish Gaelic bean-reic
- bean-reicwoman whose occupation is to sell things
Slovak predavačka
- predavačkawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Spanish vendedora
- vendedorawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Tagalog tindera
- tinderawoman whose occupation is to sell things
Ukrainian продавщи́ця, продава́льниця
- продавщи́ця (prodavščýcja)woman whose occupation is to sell things
- продава́льниця (prodaválʹnycja)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Yiddish פֿאַרקויפֿערין
- פֿאַרקויפֿערין (farkoyferin)woman whose occupation is to sell things
Cite this entry
saleswoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleswoman
“saleswoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleswoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saleswoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleswoman.
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