TRAVELLING SALESMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does travelling salesman mean? 

• TRAVELLING SALESMAN (noun)
  The noun TRAVELLING SALESMAN has 1 sense:

1. a salesman who travels to call on customers

  Familiarity information: TRAVELLING SALESMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAVELLING SALESMAN (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 ("travelling 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 "travelling salesman"):

tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)