saleswoman

From sales +‎ -woman.

saleswoman (plural saleswomen)

1. A woman whose occupation it is to sell things.
   • 1911, Harper's Magazine:

     The task was a novel and not unwholly congenial one, but he finally got the attention of a saleswoman and made his wishes known.

   • 2004, Paco Underhill, Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by the Author of Why We Buy‎^[1]:

     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.

• saleslady

• salesperson
• seller
• vendor

• salesman