countermann.
/ˈkaʊntəmən/ A shopman who serves at the counter.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers
shopman1662
window clerk1770
clerka1790
shop attendant1813
shoppie1818
shop assistant1821
shop-walker1825
counter-jumper1829
show-woman1848
assistant1853
counterman1853
counter-skipper1858
floor-walker1876
floor manager1887
window man1887
frontsman1896
inworker1909
lot attendant1934
sales clerk1934
1853 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 49 A clever Chemist is not of necessity..a good counter man.
1880 Newspaper Advt. Wanted a good counterman in the grocery trade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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