agentry

American  

[ay-juhn-tree] / ˈeɪ dʒən tri /

noun

• agentries
  plural

1. the profession, business, or activities of an agent.

   one of the cleverest spies in the history of foreign agentry.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• agentries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of agentry

First recorded in 1920–25; agent + -ry

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Example Sentences

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agentry

The long spell between those streaks is a measure of how evenly matched the N.F.L. has become in the modern era of complex draft picks, free agentry and expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive

But press agentry, more than prowess, put St. Mary's on the map.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brinkley objected to the way "the whole apparatus of press agentry and promotion is put to work ... promoting stars along with promoting news, to the point where it is not clear which is which."

From Time Magazine Archive

Press agentry in the democracies has perhaps passed its peak.

From Time Magazine Archive

You live on sleepdep and chat and secret agentry until it's second nature.

From Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow

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