agentry

[ ey-juhn-tree ]

noun,plural a·gent·ries.
  1. the profession, business, or activities of an agent: one of the cleverest spies in the history of foreign agentry.

Origin of agentry

1
First recorded in 1920–25; agent + -ry

Words Nearby agentry

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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.