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ROADMAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does roadman mean?

• ROADMAN (noun)
The noun ROADMAN has 2 senses:

1. a salesman who travels to call on customers
2. a workman who is employed to repair roads

Familiarity information: ROADMAN used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROADMAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A salesman who travels to call on customers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bagman; commercial traveler; commercial traveller; roadman; traveling salesman; travelling salesman

Hypernyms ("roadman" is a kind of...):

salesman (a man salesperson)

interpreter; representative; spokesperson; voice (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roadman"):

tallyman (one who sells goods on the installment plan)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A workman who is employed to repair roads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

road mender; roadman

Hypernyms ("roadman" is a kind of...):

working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

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