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Definition of "pitchman" [pitchman]

  • A hawker of small wares, as on the streets or at a carnival. (noun)
  • One who makes aggressive selling or promotional efforts. (noun)
  • One who delivers commercials on radio or television. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pitchman" in a sentence
  • "Casting the notoriously uber-capitalistic and over-the-top rocker as a TV-ad lawyer/pitchman is brilliant, but Simmons looks uncomfortable sitting at a table in a scene with solid character actor J.K. Simmons and Bateman."
  • "The story starts with a pitchman from the Hierarchy offering Illyria all she had in the distant past if she would just do them the favor of killing Liandra and, although it is unspecified, no doubt destroying Bete Noire in the process, which has now been shown to be the center of the psyche of all the rest of the world."
  • "It’s a tirade, of course, but here Hirsch, as manic and breathy as any television pitchman, is busy pushing product on every page."
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