pitchman
noun
an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
pitchmen
-
pluralof pitchman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
On social media, chains are trying to turn their top executives into pitchmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Booking.com has enlisted the Muppets to get you to rent an all-inclusive in the Bahamas, and they score some points for bringing on Statler and Waldorf as pitchmen.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
The reverse-mortgage industry, which is focused exclusively on older Americans, has long relied on aging celebrity pitchmen, including actors Tom Selleck and Henry Winkler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
As the industry boomed, he became one of its most successful and charismatic pitchmen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
He cried for himself and for his family—for his parents, who had lived their whole lives in a kind of dreamless and embittered sleep, haunted by phantasms and suckered by the empty promises of pitchmen.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
