customer's man

American  

noun

Stock Exchange.

1. registered representative.

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Etymology

Origin of customer's man

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

I spent only two years as a customer’s man, but in that short span I learned an immense amount about how the financial world works and doesn’t.

From New York Times

Yes, before I became a financial reporter, I was what they used to call a customer’s man.

From New York Times

Early last week Hunt was tucking into a steak dinner in the Rib Room of London's Carlton Tower hotel when a Merrill Lynch customer's man seated near by spotted him.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a customer's man for the brokerage firm of Draper Dobie & Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

He did not think that he was uncovering a great talent and in fact tried to discourage her from becoming an actress, hoping that she would be sensible like her brother, who is now a customer's man in a Wall Street brokerage firm.

From Time Magazine Archive