"telemarketer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: telemarketers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English marketer English telemarketer From tele- + marketer. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tele-|marketer|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English marketer English telemarketer [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷelh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τῆλε", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tele-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "marketer", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telemarketer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="telemarketer"> From tele- + marketer. Head templates: {{en-noun}} telemarketer (plural telemarketers)
  1. Someone who sells products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls. Related terms: telemarket, telemarketing, scammer, spammer, visher Translations (someone who sells products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls): 電銷 /电销 (diànxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 電話銷售 /电话销售 (diànhuà xiāoshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), telefonsælger [common-gender] (Danish), puhelinmyyjä (Finnish), Telefonverkäufer [masculine] (German), Telefonverkäuferin [feminine] (German), telefonselger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), telefonseljar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), televânzător [masculine] (Romanian), televânzătoare [feminine] (Romanian), teleoperador [masculine] (Spanish), teleoperadora [feminine] (Spanish), telefonista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), telefonförsäljare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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