telemarketer
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌmɑrkɪtər/
:
teleoperador
- Many people find it annoying when a telemarketer interrupts their dinner with a sales call.
- telemarketers call
- fraudulent telemarketers
- outbound telemarketers
We asked your wives, how does your husband deal with telemarketers?
- We asked your wives, how does your husband deal with telemarketers?
- You may be, what is that thing called more shoot telemarketer, right?
Examples
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I get sales calls all the time from telemarketers that don't take the time to do their research.
Blog text (34) -
Are you a telemarketer, James?
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When he is not taking classes, Steve can be found working as a telemarketer.
Academic text (2002) -
And like any good telemarketer, they always called during the evening meal.
Blog text (9) -
If you're a telemarketer, please leave a message so I can not return your call.
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An average person uses the term telemarketer to describe someone cold-calling a person at home.
Blog text (21) -
Francis Mays is an unemployed telemarketer living off her disability checks.
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You accidentally put my number down on the primary contact instead of emergency contacts, so your doctor's been calling me, but I assumed it was a telemarketer, so I didn't answer.
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Every evening, a telemarketer called me to pitch various products over the phone.
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She decided to work as a telemarketer because it allowed her to earn money from home.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who sells things in shops or to customers
92
3.5
A person who helps companies sell products or services
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2.2
A person who sells things for a store or company
11
1.7
A woman who works for a shop or company and helps people buy things
7
2.7
A person who contacts customers to sell a company's products and services
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7.2
A person who makes phone calls to sell things or ask people questions
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4.6
A person who promotes and sells products or services for companies
A computer program that talks to customers and helps them buy online
Surface Forms
Morphology
telemarketer = telemarketing (transparent) = tele + market + er
Telemarketer is a regular agent noun built from telemarketing plus -er, so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base word.
Etymology
The word telemarketer starts with tele- meaning 'far' and ends with market, which is about 'to sell'. Think of a seller who calls you from far away, like a telephone does, so a telemarketer is someone who sells things by phone.