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salesman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a man salesperson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salesperson, sales representative, sales rep

Narrower terms: book agent, pitchman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sales Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English salesman From sales + -man.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shitës — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Arabic: بَيَّاع (bayyāʕ) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Arabic: بَيَّاعَة (bayyāʕa) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Armenian: վաճառող (vačaṙoġ) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Azerbaijani: satıcı — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Belarusian: прадаве́ц (pradavjéc) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Belarusian: гандля́р (handljár) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Bulgarian: продава́ч (prodaváč) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Burmese: ကုန်ရောင်းသူ (kunraung:su) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Burmese: အရောင်းစာရေး (a.raung:care:) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Burmese: ဈေးသည် (jhe:sany) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Catalan: venedor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 售貨員 /售货员 (shòuhuòyuán) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 推銷員 /推销员 (tuīxiāoyuán) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Czech: prodavač — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Danish: sælger — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Dutch: verkoper — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Esperanto: vendisto — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Estonian: müüja — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Finnish: myyjä — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Finnish: myyntimies — man whose job it is to sell things
  • French: vendeur — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Friulian: venditôr — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Georgian: გამყიდველი (gamq̇idveli) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • German: Verkäufer — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Greek: πωλητής (politís) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Hebrew: מוֹכֵר (mokhér) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Hebrew: מוֹכֶרֶת — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Hindi: विक्रेता (vikretā) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Hindi: बेचनेवाला (becnevālā) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Hungarian: eladó — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Icelandic: sölumaður — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Italian: venditore — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Japanese: 店員 (ten'in) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Japanese: セールスマン (sērusuman) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Japanese: 販売員 (hanbaiin) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Japanese: 売り手 (urite) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Kabuverdianu: bendedor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Kazakh: сатушы (satuşy) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Khmer: អាបណក (ʼaapaʼnaʼkɑɑ) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Korean: 판매원 (panmaewon) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Korean: 점원 (jeomwon) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Northern Kurdish: firoşer — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Northern Kurdish: firoşkar — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Northern Kurdish: firoşyar — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Kyrgyz: сатуучу (satuucu) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Lao: ພະນັກງານຂາຍ (pha nak ngān khāi) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Latin: institor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Latvian: pārdevējs — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Lithuanian: pardavėjas — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Macedonian: продавач (prodavač) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Malay: jurujual — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Mongolian: худалдаачин (xudaldaačin) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selger — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Pashto: بايع (bāyé') — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Pashto: پلورونکی (plorúnkay) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Dari: فُروشِنْدَه (furōšinda) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Iranian Persian: فُروشَنْدِه (forušande) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Polish: sprzedawca — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Polish: handlarz — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Polish: akwizytor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Portuguese: vendedor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Romanian: vânzător — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Russian: продаве́ц (prodavéc) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Russian: торго́вец (torgóvec) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear-reic — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Scottish Gaelic: reiceadair — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Serbo-Croatian: прода̀ва̄ч — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Serbo-Croatian: prodàvāč — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Slovak: predavač — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Slovene: prodajalec — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Spanish: vendedor — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Swedish: försäljare — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Swedish: köpman — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Swedish: handlare — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Tajik: фурӯшанда (furüšanda) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Thai: พนักงานขาย (pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Turkish: satıcı — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Turkmen: satyjy — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Ukrainian: продаве́ць (prodavécʹ) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Ukrainian: торго́вець (torhóvecʹ) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Urdu: سیلْز مَین — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Uyghur: ساتقۇچى (satquchi) — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Uzbek: sotuvchi — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Vietnamese: người bán hàng — man whose job it is to sell things
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרקויפֿער (farkoyfer) — man whose job it is to sell things
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