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road warrior

American  
Slang.
  1. a person who travels extensively on business.


Etymology

Origin of road warrior

Suggested by the film Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981)

Example Sentences

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Is this really, truly the end of Black’s days as a road warrior?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Time will tell whether football fans will embrace this new concept, or whether realignment will put a dagger into the heart of the road warrior for games that aren’t marquee matchups.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Maybe you’ve experienced road warrior panic, as I did last week.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

The prolific Pratt is a true road warrior of the audiobook world whose deft, intelligent narrations will be especially familiar to nonfiction listeners.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Bondsman had watched the driver rope the lean mail bags to the running-board, crank up the sturdy old road warrior of the desert, and step in beside the supervisor.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert