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traveling salesman
noun
: a person whose job is to travel to different places in a particular area and to sell products or get orders from customers
Full Definition of TRAVELING SALESMAN
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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First Known Use of TRAVELING SALESMAN
1885
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