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commercial traveller

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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comˌmercial ˈtraveller noun [countable] British English old-fashioned  BOSELLsomeone who travels from place to place selling goods for a company 巡回推销员,销售代表 SYN sales representative
Examples from the Corpus
commercial travellerIn August Sarah was invited to a dinner dance by a commercial traveller who came to the shop.And did you know that your dear Andrew is a commercial traveller?One of the inn's habitués, a commercial traveller named Thomas Paufer, bore an uncanny resemblance to Johnson.He's a commercial traveller and the wife's a cook in a Newcastle hotel.In 1866 he married Lucy Ellen, daughter of Edward Jones, commercial traveller.Harry Secombe was the third child of a none-too-successful commercial traveller living on a council estate near Swansea.
From Longman Business Dictionarycommercial travellercomˌmercial ˈtraveller British EnglishMARKETINGJOB another name for TRAVELLING SALESMANMotels are especially convenient for commercial travellers. traveller
place Corpus for selling to from Business someone who travels goods place


commercial traveller
comˌmercial ˈtraveller noun [countable] British English old-fashioned
someone who travels from place to place selling goods for a company
   SYN  sales representative


commercial travellerBrE /kəˌmɜːʃl ˈtrævələ(r)/ 🔊NAmE /kəˌmɜːrʃl ˈtrævələr/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, BrE) = sales representative