road warrior

noun

plural road warriors
: a person who travels frequently especially on business
Corporate road warriors want the best-performing laptop their IT department has on hand.Tom Brant
… millions of former road warriors may soon be heading to their next meeting in front of a screen.Nicolás Rivero
compare digital nomad

Examples of road warrior in a Sentence

a lightweight laptop computer that's perfect for road warriors
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This is the first time the perennial road warriors are teaming for a tour and Chicago founding member/trumpeter Lee Loughnane is already anticipating the fan appreciation. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025 If ever Boise State needed to be road warriors on defense, this is it. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025 The 2019 Nationals aren’t even the foremost road warriors of the last few years. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 The Los Angeles Dodgers are becoming road warriors at just the right time. Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road warrior

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of road warrior was in 1981

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“Road warrior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20warrior. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.

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