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commercial traveller

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commercial traveller
Noun
a travelling salesman
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.commercial travellercommercial traveller - a salesman who travels to call on customers
bagman, commercial traveler, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman
salesman - a man salesperson
spokesperson, representative, interpreter, voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
tallyman - one who sells goods on the installment plan
Translations
French commercial traveller n → voyageur m de commerce
German commercial traveller commercial n → Handelsvertreter(in) m(f)
Italian commercial traveller n → commesso viaggiatore
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The copy was given me by a French commercial traveller.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
The Boys' Home was the best hotel on our branch of the Burlington, and all the commercial travellers in that territory tried to get into Black Hawk for Sunday.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Needless to say, I refused such an unsuitable invitation, and she had the impertinence to tell me that it would broaden my ideas, and said that she had four brothers, all University men, except one who was in the army, who always made a point of talking to commercial travellers.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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