road warrior

noun

plural road warriors
: a person who travels frequently especially on business
Corporate road warriors want the best-performing laptop their IT department has on hand.Tom Brant
… millions of former road warriors may soon be heading to their next meeting in front of a screen.Nicolás Rivero
compare digital nomad

Examples of road warrior in a Sentence

a lightweight laptop computer that's perfect for road warriors
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Still, the road warriors come, including off-duty trucker Chris Birdsall, 51, of Omaha, who turned up shortly before sunset one recent day. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 Contact support Powered By Yet the Warriors aren’t the only road warriors. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 May 2025 February 1 — Disco Biscuits, Philadelphia's trance fusion road warriors, are playing The Sound. 1 — Houndmouth is bringing its radio-friendly indie rock to the Observatory. 5 & 6 — moe. Andrew Keatts, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025 But with an ever-evolving list of travel products out there, there are still options that may surprise the road warriors in your life. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road warrior

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of road warrior was in 1981

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“Road warrior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20warrior. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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