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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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