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floorwalker

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

noun

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


floorwalker British  
/ ˈflɔːˌwɔːkə /

noun

  1. the US name for shopwalker

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of floorwalker

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


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

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013

His friend Rodman Wanamaker, who knew that besides looking the apotheosis of a floorwalker Grover Whalen had real executive ability, made him general manager of Wanamaker's Manhattan store.

From Time Magazine Archive

Riviera is the title of the show-window display in the department store where Mr. Misch struts as floorwalker.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lindsay is as nattily dressed as a floorwalker, Grouse as rumpled as an insomniac's bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a floorwalker asked whether she intended buying anything, she could say, yes, buy it and show him a thing or two.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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