commercial traveler
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a salesman who travels to call on customersSynonyms: traveling salesmantravelling salesmancommercial travelercommercial travellerroadmanbagman
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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 college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.
Commercial law. See under Law.
Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 71/2 or 8 inches.
Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc.
Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.
Syn: See Mercantile. [1913 Webster]