travelling salesman
Door-to-door hawker
A travelling salesman is a sales representative who travels from place to place, typically visiting businesses or homes to sell goods: My grandfather was a travelling salesman for a shoe company.
The term evokes an earlier era of commerce before telephones and online ordering.
In mathematics, the travelling salesman problem asks for the shortest route visiting a set of cities exactly once—a classic optimization puzzle.
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travelling salesmanshopkeeper
Small store manager
storekeeper · corner store owner · boutique owner · merchant · retail clerk
travelling salesmanbuyer
One who acquires things
purchasing agent · customer · consumer · wholesale buyer · client
travelling salesmanhomebody
One preferring domestic life
office worker · stay-at-home parent · homemaker · factory worker · farmer
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