Definition of "floorwalker" [floor•walk•er]

• An employee of a department store who supervises sales personnel and assists customers. Also called floor manager. (noun)

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• "At stops in Vicksburg, Greenville or Stovepipe Bend, Sam serves as a different kind of floorwalker, trying to keep order among the raucous, 500-plus crowds smelling of sweat and Sen-Sen and armed with knives or moonshine or both."
• "When I entered I approached the "floorwalker," and handing him my sample, said:"
• "The floorwalker is our point of social contact with patrons. ""