"travelling salesman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: travelling salesmen [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|travelling salesmen}} travelling salesman (plural travelling salesmen)
  1. A man who travels, often within a certain territory, soliciting orders or selling goods. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: commercial traveller [UK], drummer [dated, slang], traveling salesman Derived forms: travelling salesman problem Translations (itinerant salesperson): коміваяжо́р (komivajažór) [masculine] (Belarusian), obchodní cestující [masculine] (Czech), kauppamatkustaja (Finnish), VRP [France] (French), commis-voyageur [dated, masculine] (French), Handlungsreisender [masculine] (German), Vertreter [masculine] (German), farandsölumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), taistealaí tráchtála [masculine] (Irish), セールスマン (sērusuman) (Japanese), 外交販売員 (gaikō hanbaiin) (Japanese), трговски патник (trgovski patnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), komiwojażer [masculine] (Polish), voiajor comercial [masculine] (Romanian), comis-voiajor [masculine] (Romanian), коммивояжёр (kommivojažór) [masculine] (Russian), ceannaiche-siubhail [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), obchodný cestujúci [masculine] (Slovak), viajante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), комівояже́р (komivojažér) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "viajante"
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