Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

road warrior

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: road- war-rior
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A frequent business traveller.

Informal

noun

A salesperson who spends a lot of time traveling and outside the office.

Slang

noun

A person who carries a mobile device such as a laptop or PDA and uses wireless internet connections to work.

Slang

noun

A recreational cyclist who rides a racing bicycle and wears lycra.

Example Sentences

"I love the perks of international business travel as much as the next corporate road warrior. But the thought of taking in one more four-hour $400 meal in another international city has me searching for my nearest escape route."

Usage

Inflected Forms

road warriors (plural) roadwarrior (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

corridor warrior

Questions

What does road warrior mean?: A frequent business traveller.

How to pronounce road warrior

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