"salesman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-salesman.wav [US] Forms: salesmen [plural]
Etymology: sales + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sales|man}} sales + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|salesmen}} salesman (plural salesmen)
  1. A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop/store or elsewhere. Categories (topical): Male people, Occupations, People Hypernyms: salesperson, seller, vendor Related terms: saleswoman Translations (man whose job it is to sell things): shitës [masculine] (Albanian), بَيَّاع (bayyāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيَّاعَة (bayyāʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), վաճառող (vačaṙoġ) (Armenian), satıcı (Azerbaijani), прадаве́ц (pradavjéc) [masculine] (Belarusian), гандля́р (handljár) [masculine] (Belarusian), продава́ч (prodaváč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကုန်ရောင်းသူ (kunraung:su) (Burmese), အရောင်းစာရေး (a.raung:care:) (Burmese), ဈေးသည် (jhe:sany) (Burmese), venedor [masculine] (Catalan), 售貨員 (Chinese Mandarin), 售货员 (shòuhuòyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 推銷員 (Chinese Mandarin), 推销员 (tuīxiāoyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), prodavač [masculine] (Czech), sælger [common-gender] (Danish), فُروشِنْدَه (furōšinda) (Dari), verkoper [masculine] (Dutch), vendisto (Esperanto), müüja (Estonian), myyjä (Finnish), myyntimies (Finnish), vendeur [masculine] (French), venditôr [masculine] (Friulian), გამყიდველი (gamq̇idveli) (Georgian), Verkäufer [masculine] (German), πωλητής (politís) [masculine] (Greek), מוֹכֵר (mokhér) [masculine] (Hebrew), מוֹכֶרֶת [feminine] (Hebrew), विक्रेता (vikretā) [masculine] (Hindi), बेचनेवाला (becnevālā) [masculine] (Hindi), eladó (Hungarian), sölumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), فُروشَنْدِه (forušande) (Iranian Persian), venditore [masculine] (Italian), 店員 (ten'in) (alt: てんいん) (Japanese), セールスマン (sērusuman) (Japanese), 販売員 (hanbaiin) (alt: はんばいいん) (Japanese), 売り手 (urite) (alt: うりて) (Japanese), bendedor (Kabuverdianu), сатушы (satuşy) (Kazakh), អាបណក (ʼaapaʼnaʼkɑɑ) (Khmer), 판매원 (panmaewon) (alt: 販賣員) (Korean), 점원 (jeomwon) (alt: 店員) (Korean), сатуучу (satuucu) (Kyrgyz), ພະນັກງານຂາຍ (pha nak ngān khāi) (Lao), institor [masculine] (Latin), pārdevējs [masculine] (Latvian), pardavėjas [masculine] (Lithuanian), продавач (prodavač) [masculine] (Macedonian), jurujual (Malay), худалдаачин (xudaldaačin) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), firoşer (Northern Kurdish), firoşkar (Northern Kurdish), firoşyar (Northern Kurdish), selger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), بايع (bāyé') [masculine] (Pashto), پلورونکی (plorúnkay) [masculine] (Pashto), sprzedawca [masculine] (Polish), handlarz [masculine] (Polish), akwizytor [masculine] (Polish), vendedor [masculine] (Portuguese), vânzător [masculine] (Romanian), продаве́ц (prodavéc) [masculine] (Russian), торго́вец (torgóvec) [masculine] (Russian), fear-reic [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), reiceadair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ceannaiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), прода̀ва̄ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prodàvāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), predavač [masculine] (Slovak), prodajalec [masculine] (Slovene), vendedor [masculine] (Spanish), försäljare [common-gender] (Swedish), köpman [common-gender] (Swedish), handlare [common-gender] (Swedish), фурӯшанда (furüšanda) (Tajik), พนักงานขาย (pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai) (Thai), satıcı (Turkish), satyjy (Turkmen), продаве́ць (prodavécʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), торго́вець (torhóvecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), سیلْز مَین (english: selz main) [masculine] (Urdu), ساتقۇچى (satquchi) (Uyghur), sotuvchi (Uzbek), người bán hàng (Vietnamese), פֿאַרקויפֿער (farkoyfer) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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          "word": "salesmanlike"
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          "word": "suede-shoe salesman"
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          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "վաճառող"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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          "roman": "pradavjéc",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "handljár",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "prodaváč",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kunraung:su",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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          "roman": "jhe:sany",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "ဈေးသည်"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "venedor"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "售貨員"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shòuhuòyuán",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "售货员"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tuīxiāoyuán",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
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        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prodavač"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sælger"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verkoper"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "vendisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "müüja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "myyjä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "myyntimies"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vendeur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "venditôr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamq̇idveli",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "გამყიდველი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verkäufer"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "politís",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πωλητής"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mokhér",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מוֹכֵר"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מוֹכֶרֶת"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vikretā",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "विक्रेता"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "becnevālā",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "बेचनेवाला"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "eladó"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sölumaður"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "venditore"
        },
        {
          "alt": "てんいん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ten'in",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "店員"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sērusuman",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "セールスマン"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はんばいいん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hanbaiin",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "販売員"
        },
        {
          "alt": "うりて",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "urite",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "売り手"
        },
        {
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "bendedor"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "satuşy",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "сатушы"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaapaʼnaʼkɑɑ",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "អាបណក"
        },
        {
          "alt": "販賣員",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "panmaewon",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "판매원"
        },
        {
          "alt": "店員",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeomwon",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "점원"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "firoşer"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "firoşkar"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "firoşyar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "satuucu",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "сатуучу"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha nak ngān khāi",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "ພະນັກງານຂາຍ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "institor"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pārdevējs"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pardavėjas"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prodavač",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "продавач"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "jurujual"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xudaldaačin",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "худалдаачин"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "selger"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "bāyé'",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بايع"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "plorúnkay",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "پلورونکی"
        },
        {
          "code": "prs",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "roman": "furōšinda",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "فُروشِنْدَه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "forušande",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "فُروشَنْدِه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sprzedawca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "handlarz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "akwizytor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vendedor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vânzător"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodavéc",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "продаве́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "torgóvec",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "торго́вец"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fear-reic"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reiceadair"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ceannaiche"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "прода̀ва̄ч"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prodàvāč"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "predavač"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prodajalec"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vendedor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "försäljare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "köpman"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "handlare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "furüšanda",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "фурӯшанда"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "พนักงานขาย"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "satıcı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "satyjy"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prodavécʹ",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "продаве́ць"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "torhóvecʹ",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "торго́вець"
        },
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          "code": "ur",
          "english": "selz main",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "سیلْز مَین"
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        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "satquchi",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "ساتقۇچى"
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "sotuvchi"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "word": "người bán hàng"
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        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farkoyfer",
          "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פֿאַרקויפֿער"
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      "word": "inside salesman"
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    },
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    },
    {
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    }
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        "English nouns",
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        "English terms with audio links",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "shitës"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
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      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bayyāʕ",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَيَّاع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bayyāʕa",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَيَّاعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vačaṙoġ",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "վաճառող"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "satıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pradavjéc",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прадаве́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "handljár",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гандля́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prodaváč",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "продава́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kunraung:su",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "ကုန်ရောင်းသူ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.raung:care:",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "အရောင်းစာရေး"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "jhe:sany",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "ဈေးသည်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "venedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "售貨員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shòuhuòyuán",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "售货员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "推銷員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuīxiāoyuán",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "推销员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prodavač"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sælger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verkoper"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "vendisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "müüja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "myyjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "myyntimies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "venditôr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamq̇idveli",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "გამყიდველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkäufer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "politís",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πωλητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mokhér",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מוֹכֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מוֹכֶרֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vikretā",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विक्रेता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "becnevālā",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बेचनेवाला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "eladó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sölumaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "venditore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ten'in",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "店員"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sērusuman",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "セールスマン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんばいいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanbaiin",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "販売員"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うりて",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "urite",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "売り手"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "bendedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "satuşy",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "сатушы"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaapaʼnaʼkɑɑ",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "អាបណក"
    },
    {
      "alt": "販賣員",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "panmaewon",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "판매원"
    },
    {
      "alt": "店員",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeomwon",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "점원"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "firoşer"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "firoşkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "firoşyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "satuucu",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "сатуучу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pha nak ngān khāi",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "ພະນັກງານຂາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "institor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pārdevējs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pardavėjas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prodavač",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "продавач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "jurujual"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xudaldaačin",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "худалдаачин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "selger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "bāyé'",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بايع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "plorúnkay",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پلورونکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "furōšinda",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "فُروشِنْدَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "forušande",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "فُروشَنْدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sprzedawca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handlarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "akwizytor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vânzător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodavéc",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "продаве́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "torgóvec",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "торго́вец"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear-reic"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reiceadair"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceannaiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прода̀ва̄ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prodàvāč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predavač"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prodajalec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vendedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "försäljare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "köpman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "furüšanda",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "фурӯшанда"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pá-nák-ngaan-kǎai",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "พนักงานขาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "satıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "satyjy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prodavécʹ",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "продаве́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "torhóvecʹ",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "торго́вець"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "english": "selz main",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سیلْز مَین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "satquchi",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "ساتقۇچى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "sotuvchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "word": "người bán hàng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farkoyfer",
      "sense": "man whose job it is to sell things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿאַרקויפֿער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "salesman"
}
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  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "salesman",
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}

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