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ROADMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roadman mean?
• ROADMAN (noun)
The noun ROADMAN has 2 senses:
1. a salesman who travels to call on customers
2. a workman who is employed to repair roads
Familiarity information: ROADMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("roadman" 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 "roadman"):
tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A workman who is employed to repair roads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
road mender; roadman
Hypernyms ("roadman" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
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