- commercial traveler
- noun Date: 1807 traveling salesman
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
commercial traveler
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Commercial traveler — Commercial Com*mer cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. Princely commercial houses. Macaulay. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commercial traveler — n. a traveling salesman … English World dictionary
commercial traveler — com,mercial traveler noun count OLD FASHIONED a SALES REPRESENTATIVE who goes from place to place … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
commercial traveler — noun a salesman who travels to call on customers • Syn: ↑traveling salesman, ↑travelling salesman, ↑commercial traveller, ↑roadman, ↑bagman • Hypernyms: ↑salesman, ↑spokesperson, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
commercial traveler — a traveling sales representative. [1800 10] * * * … Universalium
commercial traveler — commer′cial trav′eler n. bus a traveling sales representative … From formal English to slang
commercial traveler — A drummer; a traveling salesman who simply exhibits samples of goods kept for sale by his principal, and takes orders from purchasers for such goods, which goods are afterwards to be delivered by the principal to the purchasers, and payment for… … Black's law dictionary
commercial traveler — A drummer; a traveling salesman who simply exhibits samples of goods kept for sale by his principal, and takes orders from purchasers for such goods, which goods are afterwards to be delivered by the principal to the purchasers, and payment for… … Black's law dictionary
commercial traveler — See traveling salesmen … Ballentine's law dictionary
Commercial — Com*mer cial, a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. Princely commercial houses. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {Commercial… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
