estate agent

American  

noun

British.

1. the steward or manager of a landed estate.

2. a real-estate agent; realtor.

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estate agent British  

noun

1. Usual US and Canadian name: real-estate agent.  an agent concerned with the valuation, management, lease, and sale of property

2. the administrator of a large landed property, acting on behalf of its owner; estate manager

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Etymology

Origin of estate agent

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

"She is exactly the sort of person we would like to work for haart estate agents and we are contacting her to invite her for an interview."

From BBC

No one was just driving around from open house to open house, and real estate agents weren’t about to ferry mere looky-loos around.

From Los Angeles Times

Natalia, who works as a real estate agent in Moscow, said that "WhatsApp isn't working, and Telegram has slowed down a lot."

From Barron's

‘As long as you help me get this house properly sorted. It has to be presentable before the estate agents come.’

From Literature

For 29-year-olds Shane Williams, an estate agent, and Sarah Camden, who worked in a bank, they realised their jobs meant they weren't seeing each other very often.

From BBC