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commercial travellers

commercial travellers is the plural of commercial traveller.

Meaning of commercial traveller

Noun

commercial traveller (plural commercial travellers)

  1. (UK, dated) Travelling salesman.
    • He patted her hand. 'It's a middle-aged commercial traveller in car-polish on his way to Le Havre. He's probably thinking of his lunch and his mistress in Paris.'1953, Ian Fleming, “The Hastening Saloon”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 159

Questions about commercial travellers

What is commercial travellers the plural of?
Commercial travellers is the plural of commercial traveller.

Words near commercial travellers in the dictionary

  1. commercial paper
  2. commercial papers
  3. commercial room
  4. commercial rooms
  5. commercial traveller
  6. commercial travellers
  7. commercialese
  8. commercialisable
  9. commercialisation
  10. commercialisations
  11. commercialise

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