traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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Its most melancholy scene of all involves Willy Loman, a traveling salesman who has given his unnamed company the best years of his now weary life, walking into the head office only to be humiliated by the callow young man who now runs his company and could not give a damn about him.
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Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Miller’s traveling salesman is here something of a sad clown running out of gas.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
In Miller’s 1949 classic, Willy Loman is a struggling traveling salesman unraveling under the weight of his own expectations, chasing an American dream that no longer fits.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
It is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in 1876.
—Chase Jordan
march 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
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Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Miller’s traveling salesman is here something of a sad clown running out of gas.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
In Miller’s 1949 classic, Willy Loman is a struggling traveling salesman unraveling under the weight of his own expectations, chasing an American dream that no longer fits.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
It is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in 1876.
—Chase Jordan
march 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Traveling salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traveling%20salesman. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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