commercial traveler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of commercial traveler
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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A tourist or commercial traveler voluntarily submits himself to the law of a country he visits.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eighty thousand pounds�and yet by the merest chance had Martin Barnes, commercial traveler, strolled out of his shabby hotel, and past the strange old house.
From Time Magazine Archive
Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blotner has salvaged a number of fine stories from back-issue oblivion and, in the process, presented an intriguing portrait of the artist as a commercial traveler.
From Time Magazine Archive
O'Mally—he was a fat, red-faced man, looking more like a commercial traveler than a sleuth—was right behind her as she bought it.
From The Black Eagle Mystery by Bonner, Geraldine
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