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salesman
CIDE DICTIONARY
salesman, n. [Sale + man.].
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salesman, n. (pl. -men; fem. saleswoman, pl. -women)
1 a person employed to sell goods in a shop, or as an agent between the producer and retailer.
2 US a commercial traveller.
1 a person employed to sell goods in a shop, or as an agent between the producer and retailer.
2 US a commercial traveller.
THESAURUS
salesman
agent, clerk, floorwalker, sales agent, sales engineer, sales force, sales manager, sales personnel, salesclerk, salesgirl, saleslady, salespeople, salesperson, saleswoman, scalper, seller, selling agent, shop assistant, shop clerk, store clerk, ticket scalperROGET THESAURUS
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Petitioner
N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.Merchant
N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.For further exploring for "salesman" in Webster Dictionary Online