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customer's man

American  

noun

Stock Exchange.
  1. registered representative.


Etymology

Origin of customer's man

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

Example Sentences

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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 • Jan. 25, 2017

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

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2017

Eric Johnston, globe-trotting customer's man for Hollywood, told a London press conference how he had persuaded Francisco Franco to lift Spain's ban on Gentleman's Agreement.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Kozak, as it happened, was Seigler's star customer's man in Chicago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of late he had been working as a customer's man in a brokerage firm, but concealed the extent of his poverty even from his nearest friends.

From Time Magazine Archive