floorwalker

[flawr-waw-ker, flohr-]

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noun

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

Origin of floorwalker

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

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Related Words for floorwalker

director, overseer, floorwalker

Examples from the Web for floorwalker

Historical Examples of floorwalker

As a floorwalker in a mournin' goods shop he'd be a perfect fit.
Torchy As A Pa
Sewell Ford
The floorwalker ushered them into the elevator and they alighted at the second floor.
Elkan Lubliner, American
Montague Glass
There the floorwalker was always as a cow that is being milked.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)
Elbert Hubbard
She carried him over to show him to the floorwalker and other bosses.
Joan of the Journal
Helen Diehl Olds
It was an exciting question, taken in connection with the floorwalker's warning.
Winnie Childs
C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for floorwalker

floorwalker

noun

the US name for shopwalker

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