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agentry

[ ey-juhn-tree ]
/ ˈeɪ dʒən tri /
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noun, plural a·gent·ries.
the profession, business, or activities of an agent: one of the cleverest spies in the history of foreign agentry.
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Origin of agentry

First recorded in 1920–25; agent + -ry

Words nearby agentry

agentive, agent noun, agent of production, Agent Orange, agent provocateur, agentry, Age of Anxiety, Age of Aquarius, age of consent, age of discretion, Age of Reason
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How to use agentry in a sentence

  • He believes that the house-agentry of the country has hatched a gigantic conspiracy to keep him, Higgins, out of a home.

    Punch, Volume 156, 26 March 1919|Various
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