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salesperson

salespeople; salespersons

Definitions of salesperson
  1. noun
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    synonyms: sales rep, sales representative
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    demonstrator, sales demonstrator
    someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
    clerk, salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk
    a salesperson in a store
    salesgirl, saleslady, saleswoman
    a woman salesperson
    salesman
    a man salesperson
    book agent
    a book salesman
    midinette
    a Parisian salesgirl
    pitchman
    an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something
    shop boy
    a young male shop assistant
    shop girl
    a young female shop assistant
    bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman
    a salesman who travels to call on customers
    type of:
    employee
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
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