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commercial traveler

American  

noun

  1. a traveling sales representative.


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

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

Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission.

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

After being mustered out in 1865 he located in Marshalltown, Iowa, and a few years later moved to Chicago, becoming a commercial traveler.

From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Swiggett, Samuel A.