routeman
Americannoun
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a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
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a supervisor who establishes a route for salespersons or the like, maintains office records, and handles customer relations for it.
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a person who routes work among a group of employees, as in a plant or shipyard.
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Legend is that the numbers game was invented in the office of the New York Sun, was spread by its routemen throughout the city.
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