floorwalker

noun

Definition of floorwalkernext
as in salesman

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Recent Examples of floorwalker Trial attorney Ed Williams, the only child of a department store floorwalker in Hartford, attended HC on a financial need scholarship and graduated in 1941. — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floorwalker
  1. salesman
  2. salesclerk
  3. salesperson
  4. clerk
  5. shopgirl
  6. salesgirl
  7. saleslady
  8. saleswoman
Noun
  • The Coens won Best Original Screenplay, and Frances McDormand took her first Oscar home for playing the unforgettable Marge Gunderson, a Minnesotan cop who gets entangled in a car salesman’s deeply inept foray into the criminal world.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Dunleavy sounded less like an NBA executive trying to maximize a generational talent and more like a car salesman explaining why the engine light is supposed to stay on.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of salesman
Noun
  • The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Musical newcomers find some stores intimidating but the Tokyo store will be friendly, Fender says, with most salesclerks being women.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 29 June 2023
Definition of salesclerk
Noun
  • If your salesperson went from eight proposals a quarter to 16, with the same or better win rate and half the senior staff time, that's a result every other function leader will pay attention to.
    — Mark Orttung, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Lowe’s tends to be less pushy than some of its competitors – My salesperson explained that windows aren’t Lowe’s main source of revenue, so there is less pressure from corporate to close a sale (as compared to other window replacement companies).
    — Jason Rueger, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of salesperson
Noun
  • But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.
    — Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s conviction for murdering his wife and son earlier this year -- citing jury tampering by the court clerk in the case -- Judge Debra McCaslin scheduled his retrial for April 5, 2027.
    — Janice McDonald, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of clerk
Noun
  • Her tragicomic shopgirl of skid row belted her way into audiences’ hearts off-Broadway in 1982, and then in Frank Oz’s 1986 film opposite Rick Moranis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Definition of shopgirl
Noun
  • After the purchase, the salesgirl wished Carolyn good luck.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Against this backdrop, the unhappy Angine shops compulsively in a department store and develops a fascination with a playful salesgirl.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of salesgirl
Noun
  • The saleslady wears a glitter cloth mask, long glitter fingernails and a blond dye job that’s tinted her scalp.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The saleslady senses his unease and gravitates toward my daughter.
    — Melissa Petro, Time, 3 Nov. 2022
Definition of saleslady
Noun
  • Continue reading … BACKFIRE POLITICS – Kamala Harris accidentally becomes the SAVE America Act's best saleswoman.
    — , FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Drama freeflows like snow off an ice sculpture when a makeup saleswoman (Dianne Wiest) brings home a lovable outcast who just needs a hand.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 1 June 2026
Definition of saleswoman

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“Floorwalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floorwalker. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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