estate agent

noun

British.

1. the steward or manager of a landed estate.

2. a real-estate agent; realtor.

estate agent

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of estate agent¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Real estate agent Jason Ventress said the strict rules are limiting the buyer pool for his latest listing, a $12.5-million burned lot spanning half an acre on the ocean.

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"We get them in touch with the estate agents, we book the flights for them. Our representatives will be there at the airport to collect them, take them to the hotels," he said.

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An estate agent who faked her own wedding to pay off gambling debts has been fined for breaching her community service order.

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Mooney worked as a model and real estate agent, but she was also an escort, according to her friend Dossett’s testimony.

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The popularity of the Upper East Side relates to real estate agent Eva Alt’s feeling that we’re in a second Gilded Age.

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