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SALESMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man salesperson
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("salesman" is a kind of...):
sales rep; sales representative; salesperson (a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salesman"):
book agent (a book salesman)
pitchman (an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something)
bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman (a salesman who travels to call on customers)
Derivation:
salesmanship (skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy)
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