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traveling salesman

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trav·el·ing salesman (trv-lng, trvlng)
n.
A man who travels in a given territory to solicit business orders or sell merchandise.
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Noun1.traveling salesman - a salesman who travels to call on customerstraveling salesman - a salesman who travels to call on customers
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


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The main character in the play is Willy Loman, who, after many years on the road as a traveling salesman, realizes he has been a failure as a father and husband.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1872, traveling salesman Aaron Montgomery Ward experimented with mail order catalogs to sell products directly to his rural customers, lowering prices by removing the middleman at the general store.
 
 
 
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