Dictionary

saleswoman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.
   • 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. 2004, Paco Underhill, Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy:
   • The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known. 1911, Harper's Magazine:

Forms

Coordinates

salesman

Deriveds

saleswomanship

Hypernyms

seller · salesperson · vendor

Synonyms

vendress · saleslady

Translations (35)

sl prodajalka (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · sh prodavàčica (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · it venditora (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · es vendedora (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · hu elárusítónő (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · uk продавщи́ця (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ga bean díolacháin (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · hu eladónő (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · fr vendeuse (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · lv pārdevēja (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · pl akwizytorka (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · cs prodavačka (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · yi פֿאַרקויפֿערין (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · sk predavačka (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · fi myyjä (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ga bean siopa (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · pt vendedora (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · be прадаўшчы́ца (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · lt pardavėja (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ar بَيَّاعَة (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · mk продавачка (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · uk продава́льниця (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · gd bean-reic (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · hy վաճառուհի (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ru продавщи́ца (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · de Verkäuferin (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · pl sprzedawczyni (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · pl handlarka (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ga cailín siopa (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · tl tindera (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · km អាបណិកា (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · ro vânzătoare (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · sh продава̀чица (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · bg продава́чка (woman whose occupation is to sell things) · el πωλήτρια (woman whose occupation is to sell things)