Telesalesman
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of telemarketer.
"Simon Dean was a telesalesman for a life-assurance company, or that's what he probably still thought he was, though one of his last acts before leaving work, according to the rigorously backed-up e-mail system his company maintained, had been to send a resignation note to his boss, accompanied by a detailed account of Simon's intentions regarding the boss's teenage daughter."
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More examples"Simon Dean was a telesalesman for a life-assurance company, or that's what he probably still thought he was, though one of his last acts before leaving work, according to the rigorously backed-up e-mail system his company maintained, had been to send a resignation note to his boss, accompanied by a detailed account of Simon's intentions regarding the boss's teenage daughter."
Etymology
From tele- + sales + -man.
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