telesalesman en · NOUN
Etymology
From tele- + sales + -man.
Meanings
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Synonym of telemarketer.
If extroversion drugs lead every stranger, every telesalesman to address me by my first name (too many do already) and intrude a feigned intimacy, give me Grant Wood!
2016, David W Stewart, Healthy, Wealthy or Wise?: Issues in American Health Care Policy:'Eeerrr... sorry wrong number,' came the confused reply from the telesalesman.
2022, Christopher Beach, Rubik's Cube: Solve the Puzzle, save the World.:Simon Dean was a telesalesman for a life-assurance company, or that's what he probably still thought he was, though one of his last acts before leaving work, according to the rigorously backed-up e-mail system his company maintained, had been to send a resignation note to his boss, accompanied by a detailed account of Simon's intentions regarding the boss's teenage daughter.
2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 248:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| telesalesmen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |