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TRAVELING SALESMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does traveling salesman mean?
• TRAVELING SALESMAN (noun)
The noun TRAVELING SALESMAN has 1 sense:
1. a salesman who travels to call on customers
Familiarity information: TRAVELING SALESMAN used as a noun is very 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 ("traveling salesman" 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 "traveling salesman"):
tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)
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