telemarketer

[tel-uh-mahr-ki-ter]

noun

1. a person who sells, advertises, or fund-raises through usually unsolicited telephone calls.

   How can I avoid being overwhelmed by telemarketers and marketing mail?

Word History and Origins

Origin of telemarketer¹

telemarket(ing) ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Other declines are still unfolding: Counter-clerk employment dropped by 30% between 2015 and 2023 as kiosks and then apps took over; telemarketer jobs fell 75% as the web provided new channels for outreach.

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When he lived in Los Angeles before, Chad Bowden worked at one point as a telemarketer.

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There was a stint as a telemarketer, cold-calling people to ask if they needed a new accountant, and a particularly grim gig packing worming tablets for dogs for 10 hours a day, with no talking or sitting allowed.

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But if some telemarketer or scammer calls her, Auntie will talk to them and start to write checks.

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Leon gets a call from a place that wants to offer him a position, but Larry has his phone, thinks it's a telemarketer and curses the guy out.

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