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COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commercial traveller mean? 

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER (noun)
  The noun COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER has 1 sense:

1. a salesman who travels to call on customersplay

  Familiarity information: COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A salesman who travels to call on customers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman

Hypernyms ("commercial traveller" is a kind of...):

salesman (a man salesperson)

interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commercial traveller"):

tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)


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