saleswoman

noun

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.

1. A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.

   “The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.”

   “We stop walking a second and look around at the spectacle before us. There's something Felliniesque about a department store cosmetics section. You stand here on a Saturday morning, dressed in the standard mall-casual suburban wardrobe, gazing at a chamber glittering with chandeliers, populated by saleswomen wearing makeup and hair dramatic enough for opening night at La Scala.”