traveling salesman

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noun

a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.

Origin of traveling salesman

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Words nearby traveling salesman

traveler's-joy, traveler's-tree, travelers' diarrhea, traveling bag, traveling block, traveling salesman, traveling salesman problem, traveling salesperson, traveling-wave tube, travelled, traveller

Example sentences from the Web for traveling salesman

  • A traveling-salesman from Suva, thin and wiry, had been in dispute with a new civil officer.

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