commercial traveler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of commercial traveler
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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A tourist or commercial traveler voluntarily submits himself to the law of a country he visits.
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
Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The young commercial traveler had become very discriminating in regard to rooms and meals.
From The Shadow by Mary White Ovington
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