traveling salesman

Noun

Meaning

traveling salesman (plural traveling salesmen)

Alternative form of travelling salesman

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

chapman hawker pedlar drummer salesman peddler traveler huckster bagman roadman commercial traveller tallyman commercial traveler

Hypernyms

interpreter representative salesman

Examples

Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman. Carey Williams

I had a father who was a traveling salesman. Philip Seymour Hoffman

Buddy, a traveling salesman, is having an affair with a girl on the road; Sally is still as much in love with Ben as she was years ago; and Ben is so self-absorbed that Phyllis feels emotionally abandoned. Source: Internet

Goodman plays a friendly traveling salesman living next door to Barton at a run-down hotel. Source: Internet

As the story opens, readers are introduced to a traveling salesman, who's not very successful and has problems in his love life. Source: Internet

A “chapman” was the term often used for a traveling salesman. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

traveling man traveling post office traveling sales representative traveling salesman problem traveling salesperson traveling salespersons