Salesperson

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

    "When I was a child, salespeople were usually stationed behind a counter in any given department. […] Having searched in vain for an item and finding a salesperson to ask if the store has it, more often than not you are greeted with, "Do you see it? Then we don't have it.""

  2. 2
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) wordnet

Synonyms

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clerkfloorwalkermerchantsales forcesales repsales representative

Example

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"The salesperson persuaded her to buy the dress."

Etymology

Compound of sales + person.

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