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salesman


Meanings
  • A person whose occupation is to persuade people to buy goods or services.

    - "The salesman convinced many customers to buy his company's latest product."
    - "During the holiday season, the salesman made significant sales by using various promotional tactics."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with salesman
salesman , balancing man , halting van , calling tan , walling ban , balling pan , falling man , malling man , trailing man , ailing man , ailing land , ailing hand , ailing mind , ailing heart
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. salesman, saleswomen

  2. mailman, mailwoman

  3. actor, actress

  4. waiter, waitress

  5. engineer, engineeress

  6. musician, musicianess

  7. surgeon, surgeoness

  8. teacher, teacheress

  9. doctor, doctoress

  10. lawyer, lawyeress

  11. judge, judgeess

  12. priest, priestess

  13. minister, ministeress

  14. rabbi, rabbiess

  15. imam, imamess

  16. bishop, bishopess

  17. archbishop, archbishopess

  18. cardinal, cardinaless

  19. patriarch, patriarchess

  20. matriarch, matriarchess


Variants
List of all variants of salesman that leads to same result
salesman , salesmen , traveling salesman , traveling salesmen
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'salesman' comes from the Old French word 'saler', which means 'to salt'. The term was used metaphorically to describe someone who was 'preserving' something, such as a product or a deal. Over time, the term 'salesman' came to be specifically associated with someone who was selling goods or services.


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