floorwalker
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- noun
- /ˈflɔːrˌwɔːkər/
- Archaic
:
encargado de tienda
- As the floorwalker observed the sales staff, they provided assistance to several confused customers.
Examples
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Look, the assistant floorwalker job is open right here in this department.
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Living on a measly little 22,50 a week, and getting docked every time the floorwalker gets sore at you.
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I want you to know that I told that floorwalker it was all my fault.
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The floorwalker will report me.
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Would you like to be an assistant floorwalker again?
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Maybe the floorwalker will put out a couch for you, darling.
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What do you think about your floorwalkers wearing these?
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But while the floorwalker may feel shame at having defended private property from petty theft (by analogy, for having played the role of a lower-level officer in the war), he bears no culpability for having started the fire (by analogy, for having caused the war itself).
Academic text (2017) -
Whereas the job of a floorwalker in a department store is to safeguard private property from petty theft—whether by customers or clerks—a sottotenente's job is to maintain discipline and guarantee the productivity of those under his command.
Academic text (2017) -
The floorwalker helped me find the right size and answered all my questions about the shoes.
Synonyms
A person in a shop who helps customers and watches over the staff
A person who helps and supervises customers and staff on the main floor of a shop or casino
A man who works in a shop and helps customers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Floorwalker comes from the simple parts floor and walker: literally someone who 'walks' the shop 'floor' to watch the staff and help customers. That's why a floorwalker is the employee who supervises sales staff and assists customers with problems.