commercial traveler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of commercial traveler
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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A short time ago a Chinese soldier by the name of Li entered the legation quarter at Peking and walloped one A. K. Campbell, British commercial traveler.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blotner has salvaged a number of fine stories from back-issue oblivion and, in the process, presented an intriguing portrait of the artist as a commercial traveler.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
I solemnly swear that I had no previous knowledge that a permit was necessary as it was the first time I had been further east than Texas as a commercial traveler.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, as I was saying, she'd been to Italy with her fellow who's a commercial traveler and that's why I hadn't seen her.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
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