shopwalker

[ shop-waw-ker ]

/ ˈʃɒpˌwɔ kər /

a floorwalker.

Origin of shopwalker

First recorded in 1860–65; shop + walker

Devonham, for all his qualifications, looked painfully like a shopwalker.

The Bright Messenger |Algernon Blackwood
Nor does it even soothe my ruffled feelings when the shopwalker thanks me profusely as he countersigns the bill.

The Champagne Standard |Mrs. John Lane
And when I got there I told a shopwalker who was standing near the door what I had come about.

The Romance of His Life |Mary Cholmondeley
She wonders would they change it, if she went back and asked to see the shopwalker?

The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow |Jerome K. Jerome

My shopwalker is very kind where I am, and I dont see any need to change.

Chains |Elizabeth Baker

shopwalker

/ (ˈʃɒpˌwɔːkə) /

British a person employed by a departmental store to supervise sales personnel, assist customers, etc US equivalent: floorwalker