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saleswoman

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman salesperson

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salesgirl, saleslady

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salesperson, sales representative, sales rep

Narrower terms: midinette

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English sales Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English saleswoman From sales + -woman.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيَّاعَة (bayyāʕa) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Armenian: վաճառուհի (vačaṙuhi) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Belarusian: прадаўшчы́ца (pradawščýca) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Bulgarian: продава́чка (prodaváčka) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Czech: prodavačka — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Finnish: myyjä — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • French: vendeuse — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • German: Verkäuferin — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Greek: πωλήτρια (polítria) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Hungarian: elárusítónő — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Hungarian: eladónő — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Irish: bean díolacháin — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Irish: bean siopa — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Irish: cailín siopa — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Italian: venditora — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Khmer: អាបណិកា (ʼaapaʼnekaa) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Latvian: pārdevēja — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Lithuanian: pardavėja — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Macedonian: продавачка (prodavačka) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Polish: sprzedawczyni — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Polish: handlarka — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Polish: akwizytorka — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Portuguese: vendedora — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Romanian: vânzătoare — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Russian: продавщи́ца (prodavščíca) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Scottish Gaelic: bean-reic — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Serbo-Croatian: продава̀чица — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Serbo-Croatian: prodavàčica — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Slovak: predavačka — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Slovene: prodajalka — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Spanish: vendedora — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Tagalog: tindera — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Ukrainian: продавщи́ця (prodavščýcja) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Ukrainian: продава́льниця (prodaválʹnycja) — woman whose occupation is to sell things
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרקויפֿערין (farkoyferin) — woman whose occupation is to sell things