salesman

noun

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.

1. 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!"'”

   “Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?”