traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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The two-act tragedy, which first premiered on Broadway in 1949, follows an exhausted traveling salesman who tries to start prioritizing his family over his grueling career after a near-fatal car accident and a fruitless business trip to Boston.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Why it’s called Dilworth The Dilworth neighborhood is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in Charlotte in 1876, according to writing by UNC Charlotte history professor Dan Morrill.
—Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Troubled Margo is on her way to a new boarding school after her father’s death, and Moon is a traveling salesman.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Chuck Taylor was a semi-pro basketball player and traveling salesman for the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in the early 1920s and his name was added to the shoe in 1934.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Why it’s called Dilworth The Dilworth neighborhood is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in Charlotte in 1876, according to writing by UNC Charlotte history professor Dan Morrill.
—Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Troubled Margo is on her way to a new boarding school after her father’s death, and Moon is a traveling salesman.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Chuck Taylor was a semi-pro basketball player and traveling salesman for the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in the early 1920s and his name was added to the shoe in 1934.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
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