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commercial traveller

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commercial traveller
n
(Business / Professions) another name for a travelling salesman
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Noun1.commercial traveller - a salesman who travels to call on customerscommercial 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
commercial traveller commercial traveler (Am) n → viaggiatore m or rappresentante di commercio, 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.
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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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