salesman
/sˈeɪlzmən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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?"
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.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
door-to-door salesman
inside salesman
snake oil salesman
suede-shoe salesman
travelling salesman
travelling salesman problem