Meaning & use

Fieldman

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A person employed to work, inspect, or represent an organization out in the field rather than in an office.

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The co-op sent a fieldman to check on crop conditions at each of the member farms.

As a fieldman for the insurance company, she spent most of her week visiting job sites rather than sitting at a desk.

A note on using this word

The term is somewhat dated and appears most often in agricultural, mining, and insurance contexts.

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