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
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
Nicolás RiveroExamples of road warrior in a Sentence
a lightweight laptop computer that's perfect for road warriors
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For a while, Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa forms a connection with Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke), a road warrior whose main lesson to her seems to be to wear blue greasepaint on their foreheads.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2024
The Pearl Jam guys are definite road warriors, having logged well over a thousand shows during a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career that stretches back to 1990.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The film introduced a new protagonist, Furiosa, a one-armed road warrior played by Charlize Theron.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
Storyboards for that film originally featured the character with long hair pulled back off her face, but Theron suggested a road warrior like Furiosa wouldn't bother with such things.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Deborah Vance is a hardened road warrior, after all.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The six time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer turns 75 in May, but remains a perennial road warrior.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
Louisville's football players will need to be road warriors this season.
—Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
This could be a dealbreaker for road warriors who rely on a propulsion design to propel them forward.
—Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2024
The Pearl Jam guys are definite road warriors, having logged well over a thousand shows during a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career that stretches back to 1990.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
The film introduced a new protagonist, Furiosa, a one-armed road warrior played by Charlize Theron.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 8 May 2024
Storyboards for that film originally featured the character with long hair pulled back off her face, but Theron suggested a road warrior like Furiosa wouldn't bother with such things.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Deborah Vance is a hardened road warrior, after all.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The six time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer turns 75 in May, but remains a perennial road warrior.
—USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
Louisville's football players will need to be road warriors this season.
—Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
This could be a dealbreaker for road warriors who rely on a propulsion design to propel them forward.
—Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Road warrior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20warrior. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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