Synonyms

floorwalker

American

[flawr-waw-ker, flohr-] / ˈflɔrˌwɔ kər, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.

floorwalker British

/ ˈflɔːˌwɔːkə /

noun

the US name for shopwalker

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Etymology

Origin of floorwalker

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; floor + walker

Example Sentences

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floorwalker

One former floorwalker confides that employees snap up the best pieces before customers can even see them.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013

And right there behind the gallerygoer is a plaster facsimile of a real person looking like a petrified floorwalker.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another ludicrously casts him as a floorwalker at Bloomingdale's.

From Time Magazine Archive

He belittles himself as "just a floorwalker," dislikes bothering with operational details.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t feed them,” this nasty floorwalker called out.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

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