traveling salesman

noun

a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

There she met Hugh Rodham, a traveling salesman eight years her senior, and after a five-year courtship, they married in 1942.

I tried several positions and am now a traveling salesman for a large carpet house.

To what class does the railroad fare paid by a traveling salesman belong?

George Roth, for all he was a traveling salesman, was a man of considerable determination.

The traveling salesman is probably the most effective agency in securing the retailer's orders for coffee.

Chamberlain, having once adopted the role of a garrulous traveling salesman, followed it up with zest.

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