salesman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.

   There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"'

2. 2
   noun

   a man salesperson

Etymology

From sales + -man.