Noun: traveling salesman
Usage: US (elsewhere: travelling salesman)
Usage: US (elsewhere: travelling salesman)
- A salesman who travels to call on customers
"The traveling salesman visited several cities to sell his company's products";
- travelling salesman [Brit, Cdn], commercial traveler [US], commercial traveller [Brit, Cdn], roadman, bagman [Brit, archaic], drummer [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: traveling salesmen
Type of: interpreter, representative, salesman, spokesperson, voice
Encyclopedia: Traveling salesman